Re:Pilot Stands Up To TSA And Refuses Full Body Scan
by Quarrelsome on Monday October 18, 2010 @02:30PM
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> If one vulnerability is found, terrorists will just continue to exploit it, and it will erode trust in our transit networks.
I don't see this. We have had one 9/11. We had one 7/7. Certainly RE: 7/7 that kind of stuff is VERY hard to prevent (no scanning possible) and UK society and public transport has changed _very_ little since this, if not at all.
However we are not seeing more 7/7 attacks.
Terrorists are in incredibly limited supply, certainly competent ones (Edinburgh Airport anyone? :D). We should possibly consider that we might see exactly the same number of terrorist attacks even if we had zero security.
It worth considering as opposed to being convinced that the barbarians are _definitely_ at the gates.
I don't see this. We have had one 9/11. We had one 7/7. Certainly RE: 7/7 that kind of stuff is VERY hard to prevent (no scanning possible) and UK society and public transport has changed _very_ little since this, if not at all. However we are not seeing more 7/7 attacks.
Terrorists are in incredibly limited supply, certainly competent ones (Edinburgh Airport anyone? :D). We should possibly consider that we might see exactly the same number of terrorist attacks even if we had zero security.
It worth considering as opposed to being convinced that the barbarians are _definitely_ at the gates.