On Fri, 13 Oct 1995, Roy M. Silvernail wrote:
Have you flown recently? They now ask you this scripted question about whether you have been approached by anyone you don't know since arriving at the airport, and warn you not to accept anything from a stranger or leave your carry-on baggage unattended until you board the plane. The ticket agent told me it was a "new FAA regulation". I hadn't flown anywhere for a few years. Anyone know how long this has been happening?
This probably dates back to the time when a palestinian group tried to blow up an El Al flight from London by persauding the pregnant Irish girlfriend of one to carry a package for a friend. Flights from London have had the spiel ever since. El Al still does the best pre-flight screening (much more detailed questioning, and the security staff actually listen to the answers. Simon ---- (defun modexpt (x y n) "computes (x^y) mod n" (cond ((= y 0) 1) ((= y 1) (mod x n)) ((evenp y) (mod (expt (modexpt x (/ y 2) n) 2) n)) (t (mod (* x (modexpt x (1- y) n)) n))))