Much of what is being said by some refer to the USA, where security has always been very poor and to some extent still is. In the UK sure there are many times when one can question the procedures or actions that take place. however, in the main within the UK the various agencies employed in aviation security have perfomed well, long may they do so. Futhermore some of the remarks on this thread do the aviation community a great disservice with the ramblings of some of the contributers. There is nothing new on this subject?