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By TheEinstein on 1/4/2010 2:47:15 PM , Rating: 2
Ahh Airports...

Airport security I have done, and Airport security I have accidentally mocked through and through.

There are many holes in this security, mostly it's for those people who know nothing of how airport security in the United States works, and is a panacea for the masses.

I once walked, in a security uniform, during a terrorist warning time, in a warehouse bordering the airport, and through to the tarmac, yelling 'security, I need help' the whole way. I was 50 feet from a full sized aircraft and could have boarded if I desired.

I have seen many other holes, this was just the most 'facepalming' of a hole.

Each airport, if it is large/busy enough, has it's own police force. Some have a huge police force, which is always on standby, much like their over-sized fire departments.

However where ever we start screening people, we create the ability to attack the people in a major airport. This has been done in Iraq often, where police candidates would line up before a safety screening, only to get blown up before they reached the first of the screenings.

Additionally as described there is any number of infinite ways to smuggle what you want into an airport provided your fanatical enough.

