WashPost report on airline security plan
Today's WashPost reports that one plan the new commission is studying is a massive Big Brother database of any&everyone boarding a plane. ""Suspects"" will then be subjected to extra attention. -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
THe CBS Radio News (I think that's who) mentioned this morning that the screening criteria for deciding whose baggage to search with fancy machines, would include methods the passenger had chosen to make payments, not merely for the ticket, but for his daily purchases. That this idea was floating around a long time and has been given new impetus since the flight 800 take-down. Any one else see the analysis I saw on newsgroup (forget which) which analyzed the pattern of damage to the aircraft, and came to the conclusion that it had to be a proximity-fused missle.
On Sat, 31 Aug 1996, Alan Horowitz wrote:
Any one else see the analysis I saw on newsgroup (forget which) which analyzed the pattern of damage to the aircraft, and came to the conclusion that it had to be a proximity-fused missle.
If so it was most likely radar guided. These tend to be larger, more restricted, and harder to come by. The terrorist angle becomes harder to develop in this case. -- I hate lightning - finger for public key - Vote Monarchist unicorn@schloss.li
The Post front-paged this story and probably would have led with it if it weren't for the gas leak at National Airport late last night. Read the story. It's quite disturbing. The proposal will be released in a week, I recall. -Declan On Sat, 31 Aug 1996, David Lesher wrote:
Today's WashPost reports that one plan the new commission is studying is a massive Big Brother database of any&everyone boarding a plane. ""Suspects"" will then be subjected to extra attention.
-- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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