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Thursday, August 10, 2006 12:00 AM

Getting beyond our airport security obsession

Confiscating corkscrews and tweezers didn't make us safer after Sept. 11. And banning liquids isn't going to make us safer now.
By Patrick Smith

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  • Thursday, August 10, 2006 06:38 PM

    Flying Blind

    I don't care how many Binny Ladin's there are in the world it is still easier to blow up a train or bus or anything else than it is to blow up one plane let alone ten. Binny is a genius most of all in the way he uses western governments and people like Bush who rate themselves against him. Bin Ladin and Bush have a love affair going back a long time. I scratch your rash, you scratch mine and between us we'll keep the pox alive.

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