You do have to question why airport security exist. The obvious answer is to make flying safer. But how exactly? By preventing little old ladies from taking knitting needles onto aircraft? Seeing if six year old girls are carrying prohibited items on behalf of those they are travelling with? Or is to to force those with malicious intent to chose a more elaborate method to circumvent security procedures? The trouble is, until profiling is implemented as a security measure we will always be vulnerable to attack. The bad guys don't need much in the way of equipment or tools to do damage. All they need is intent, intelligence, knowledge, training and just a little but of luck. The gormless prats in security have proved time and time again that they haven't a clue what a terrorist looks like - just so long as he's not carrying a yoghurt of mass destruction they'll let him pass.
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