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more on YUP!! results of uk ban
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 20:12:56 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Bob Frankston <Bob2-19-0501 () bobf frankston com> Date: August 10, 2006 7:59:26 PM EDT To: dave () farber net, ip () v2 listbox com Subject: RE: [IP] more on YUP!! results of uk banRemember that El-Al is very concerned about threats but uses human factors as part of its approach but that takes a lot of training and skill.
I wonder what the specifics of the threat are – it seems to be an extremely wide ban for a threat that seems very specific. How does one decide when the threat is no longer present? Will flying through another country be a way to avoid this threat?
As to Boston and RomneyV2, here’s what’s on Logan’s site: http:// www.massport.com/about/press_news_airpor3.html. No mention of laptops. At the TSA site (http://tsa-7.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/tsa.cfg/ php/enduser/std_alp.php) they specifically say “TSA continues to allow laptop computers, cell phones and other electronic items.” There’s other info there, of course, though the site is a bit creaky.
-----Original Message----- From: David Farber [mailto:dave () farber net] Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 19:24 To: ip () v2 listbox com Subject: [IP] more on YUP!! results of uk ban Begin forwarded message: From: Ari Ollikainen <Ari () OLTECO com> Date: August 10, 2006 7:08:14 PM EDT To: dave () farber net, ip () v2 listbox com Subject: Re: [IP] more on YUP!! results of uk ban At 6:37 PM -0400 8/10/06, David Farber wrote: Begin forwarded message: From: Benjamin Kuipers <kuipers () cs utexas edu> Date: August 10, 2006 6:01:10 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: ip () v2 listbox com Subject: Re: [IP] results of uk ban From reading the restrictive lists, it appears that you can’t even carry on a book to read, or a notebook to write in. This amounts to being sentenced to spend a trans-Atlantic flight watching television or movies, or listening to the airlines’ choice of listening matter. Shades of “1984”, where each citizen is required to own a television set, which it is illegal to turn off! Over reaction spreads ... “... Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney said that state’s National Guard has been activated to increase security at Logan International Airport outside Boston, the first such call-up since the Sept. 11 attacks. Passengers traveling through Logan may no longer bring aboard cell phones, laptop computers or iPods, as well as any liquids, Romney told a news conference in Boston... “Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news? pid=20601087&sid=aei.iEm4Qt0I&refer=home
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