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Re:Does More Security at Airports Make Us Safer or Just Move... by adevine on Friday July 01, 2016 @12:19PM (#12017401)
Putting 10 bombs on 10 buses requires a lot more planning and terrorists, which greatly enhances the chance of getting caught. Especially in the US, where much of the risk is currently centered around "lone wolf"-type attacks, anything that would require a greater number of people seems like it would be a significant deterrent.
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Re:Does More Security at Airports Make Us Safer or Just Move... by raldi on Friday July 01, 2016 @12:31PM (#12017541)
I don't follow. Overnight bus parking lots tend to have very little security. Luggage loaded onto buses gets very little screening. A single person could easily put bombs on multiple buses and then slip away.

Or ten people could do it. It's probably a lot easier to find ten recruits willing to load bombs onto buses and escape than to find one recruit willing to die by bringing a bomb onto a plane.

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Re:Does More Security at Airports Make Us Safer or Just Move... by adevine on Friday July 01, 2016 @05:46PM (#12019924)
If you go around trying to find 10 people to commit mass murder, there is a high likelihood that one of them will turn you in, or that one of them is already under law enforcement scrutiny that will lead to discovery of your plans.
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Re:Does More Security at Airports Make Us Safer or Just Move... by jacalata on Friday July 01, 2016 @01:13PM (#12017916)
Even easier to find one person willing to give ten recruits a carefully wrapped package of "drugs" that they think they will deliver at the other end....
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