yeah
When asked the question "have you got any dangerous objects in your hand luggage" I answer no, because thats the required response.
But generally, I have -
- a 1m garotte (aka a laptop computer power cord)
- a 1.8m garotte (aka an ethernet cable)
- a silk garotte (aka tie)
- a blunt instrument weighing 1.6 kgs (laptop)
- a very powerful battery that could be made to generate a lot of heat, possibly even set on fire
- stabbing weapons (pens, pda stylus)
etc
So I believe that the weakest link in our security is not understanding the intentions of people boarding flights - see Danny's comments elsewhere about profiling.
It would be highly foolish to think that the bad guys have gone away, but equally our present system is pretty onerus and seems far from perfect.