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Friday, July 11, 2008 12:00 AM

Ask the pilot

Propped up by a culture of fear, TSA has become a bureaucracy with too much power and little accountability. Where will the lunacy stop?
By Patrick Smith

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  • Friday, July 11, 2008 01:19 AM

    Why apologize?

    My apologies to those who've tired of my harping on this subject in column after column...

    Why apologize? We're the only ones who can do anything about it, and we don't seem to care enough to actually bother,

    When American air travelers get over their precious distaste for activism and get organized, this entire charade will be finished in short order. And not until then.

    So anyone who finds Patrick Smith's constant reminders that we live in Kafkaesque times more tiresome, repetitive, and discouraging than the actual state of affairs he describes, then you deserve it.

    —Amity Read Amity's other letters

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