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TSA wising up?
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:05:22 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Lee Revell <rlrevell () joe-job com> Date: July 19, 2007 11:35:36 PM EDT To: dave () farber net, ip () v2 listbox com Subject: TSA wising up? [for IP?] U.S. Will Allow Most Types of Lighters on Planes http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/20/washington/20tsa.html?hp "... Lawmakers said that if Mr. Reid had used a lighter, instead of matches, he might have been able to ignite the bomb, but Kip Hawley, assistant secretary for the Transportation Security Administration, said in an interview on Thursday that the ban had done little to improve aviation security because small batteries could be used to set off a bomb. Matches have never been prohibited on flights. "Taking lighters away is security theater," Mr. Hawley said. "It trivializes the security process."" I was impressed to see something this clueful from TSA. Lee ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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