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Thursday, August 17, 2006 12:00 AM

Is airport security futile?

First it was tweezers, now mascara. Every penny spent confiscating makeup is a penny that could go toward law enforcement -- where it really matters.
By Patrick Smith

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  • Wednesday, August 16, 2006 07:47 PM

    starkers

    I too have been thinking the time isn't far off when passengers will be forced to fly naked -- but now it occurs to me, that could pose yet another menace: terrorist orgies. SO maybe the future we're looking at is naked passengers put to sleep for the duration of the flight. But wait, that would mean having to load sleeping gas on board, what if one of the attendants was a terrorist and got hold of the gas tanks? Better put them to sleep as well. And the pilots too. You never can tell

    —acr

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