News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on $1B of TSA Nude Body Scanners Made Worthless By Blog . Parent comment

Re:$1B of TSA Nude Body Scanners Made Worthless By Blog by boothead on Wednesday March 07, 2012 @04:02AM (#3674863)
Shortly after 9/11 I was serving with the Royal Marines and we were deployed to Sierra Leone. The RAF required us to turn in our leathermans/pocket knives prior to the flight... I can't even comprehend the thinking behind this.

1) Were we some form of hijack risk? 2) If 100 marines are some sort of hijack risk, is taking their folding pair of pliers away from them going to anything at all to mitigate that risk?

CYA and security theatre are the worst combination.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:$1B of TSA Nude Body Scanners Made Worthless By Blog by larrywright on Wednesday March 07, 2012 @04:54PM (#3677448)
I heard a similar story about US Marines having to give up nailclippers, but being allowed to carry their sidearms on board.
[ Parent | on HN ]