Re: Don't blame Intelligence or Security Agencies.....

[alex () yuriev com]

> > > > The intelligence agencies in the United States are the best in the world.
> > >
> > > Mossad would disagree with you. 
> > > Ever wondered why no one hijacks El Al flights?
> >
> > I always thought it was due to two factors:
> >
> > 1) Proper security design at the airports that make all the obvious single-person
> > low-tech attacks fairly unlikely to work, forcing the use of high-tech or
> > conspiracy solutions.
> >
> > 2) The reluctance of anybody to be the on-the-ground part of a conspiracy or
> > the seller of a high-tech solution, when you *know* that your continued life
> > expectancy is very short unless you plan to spend the rest of your life hiding
> > under a bush in one of the more inhospitable jungles of New Guinea.  
>
> Not to mention the fact that ElAl has multiple armed air marshalls on
> *every* flight.

Right, and they are not afraid to use deadly force immediately.

Alex