Re:Brussels Rocked by Terrorist Attacks
by balabaster on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @08:49AM
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Get dogs trained to detect explosives patrolling all areas of the airport and I'm not sure what they're called, but they have these sniffer devices at the CN tower where they basically make you walk through a large hairdryer and it sniffs the residue blown off you for chemical signatures. It's not perfect, but a combination of those two things any place where you have large volumes of people congregating would surely yield an above average result. The dogs alone I would wager would be an efficient response - they're portable, don't take up much room and can clamber over all kinds of obstacles.
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Re:Brussels Rocked by Terrorist Attacks
by jonatanheyman on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @09:04AM
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A malicious person will always be able to find a public space with lots of people. A public square, schoolyard, mall, busy street, library or whatever.
Besides, to defend against suicide bombings, the dogs would have to encounter everyone before they enter the airport checkin area, otherwise the bomber could just detonate once the dog start barking (or whatever they do to mark that they've found something).
Re:Brussels Rocked by Terrorist Attacks
by mistermann on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @08:55AM
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Perhaps, but then bombs could just be detonated in open public squares, playgrounds, etc - it's actually surprising they're not.
Indeed, you cannot protect any place when more than a few people gather.
You have to stop the issues at their source: why did people who were born and raised in Europe radicalize in just one or two years? And why did the community they lived in not see or report that this was happening?
Re:Brussels Rocked by Terrorist Attacks
by cavilatrest on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @09:30AM
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While I agree, I think we can admit that doing so will take some time. Would it not be appropriate to have compensating controls in the meantime?
Re:Brussels Rocked by Terrorist Attacks
by oneeyedpigeon on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @09:45AM
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The trouble is, temporary compensating controls have a history of becoming permanent once in place, so you need to be absolutely sure you want those controls forever.
Re:Brussels Rocked by Terrorist Attacks
by cavilatrest on Tuesday March 22, 2016 @10:07AM
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That's a good point, and while I hesitate to think about this terms of pure risk management, the same stuff happens in my company.