Re: Foiled terror plot aboard Northwest Flight 253 sparksstrict security rules for air passengers

["Tomas L. Byrnes" <tomb () byrneit net>]

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Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 10:48 PM
To: chris () blask org
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Subject: Re: [funsec] Foiled terror plot aboard Northwest Flight 253
sparksstrict security rules for air passengers

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On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 10:01 PM,  <chris () blask org> wrote:

> --- On Sat, 12/26/09, Buhrmaster, Gary <gtb () slac stanford edu> wrote:
>
> > And that rule is that passengers (and crew) will no longer
> > sit quietly when threatened.
>
> The attack model has changed.  Getting up and saying "Everyone stay in
> your seats!" is a non-starter, no-one is hijacking a plane again.
>
> The fact is that this loser would have succeeded if he had built his
bomb
> better.  Security will/should adjust to try to the threat - expect
more
> sensors and sniffers and more attention on information management.
>
> But messaging is more important than actual security.  People have to
> remember that as of now you remain more likely to die in an airplane
> *accident* than you do in an extremist attack, and in any case you are
> more likely to be struck by a passing car while crossing the street.
> It's like getting network security to the point where a bad power
supply
> is a bigger threat.
>
> Terrorism isn't about results, it's about sowing FUD.  The best sign
in
> my eyes is that CNN covered a college football coach quitting today
> instead of spending the entire day on this story.  And the Iranian
> protests, too - now there's a much more significant story.

Schneier:

"Only one carry on? No electronics for the first hour of flight? I wish
that, just once, some terrorist would try something that you can only
foil
by upgrading the passengers to first glass [sic] and giving them free
drinks."

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/12/separating_expl.html

I love that. :-)

- - ferg

More security theater.



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