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To: SOROS who wrote (279)	6/8/2002 10:18:30 AM
From: T L Comiskey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

S-man.." "I do not believe anyone could have prevented the horror of Sept. 11" Its interesting to note that the 'shoe bomber' was Stopped Cold by passengers who were fully aware of the clear and present danger to their lives.. 'Might Not' a similiar warning have ..Helped change the course of history........It has been reported that John Ashcroft was told to stay of Jets... The 'bigs' Screwed up IMNSHO Tim

To: SOROS who wrote (279)	6/8/2002 10:36:25 AM
From: Jim Willie CB	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

a funny true story of security breach in Philly by Jackass I dont think WTC attacks preventable, even if fully aware even if ALQ issued a warning of exact target with vague reference to timeframe like... "in last half of 2001, beware" regardless of security measures, our borders are porous our security is lax, even now we have the illusion of heightened security but with the reality of higher cost, greater "time tax" in Philly, last October, heading back to Pitt from business strictly checked lines at the Philly Airport long lines with toughest "looking" security I have ever seen a big bin off to side with a sign on it "ALL KNIVES, FILES, AND SHARP OBJECTS -- DEPOSIT HERE" I had some nice favorite nail clippers in Pitt on the outgoing flight, I had to argue to keep them so I went to a security guard and asked if my nail clippers were subject to seizure he said "yes, put them in the big bin" I said "damn, they are just nail clippers, and do you know how hard it is to find clippers with a perfect bite?" he ignored me and my humor as the checkout line approached, I tried a fakeout I took off my loafer and put my nail clippers in it then I removed them and shrugged my shoulders in defeat the guard saw me, so I smiled back and shrugged again he was a young guy, threatening look, all business as I entered the shrouded alerting detector, I just put my clippers in with my coins and keys the same guard took the little plasic box and handed it to me without ever looking in it of course, the little box went thru the rigors of the XRay machine, or whatever now trumps that technology but the little box should never ONLY be checked with a machine IT REQUIRES A MANUAL CHECK WITH FINGERS MOVING STUFF AROUND it contains only metal stuff these guys would not pass basic science exams so the machine only saw a silhouette of coins, keys, clippers the clippers hid within the union of the metal objects I put the box aside as I was pulled for the wand check I was singled out, probably because of the shoe trick they wanded me thoroughly, nodded to each other they looked like they nabbed a terrorist in satisfaction I was holding back my laughter, and it was hard their wand found nothing my belt buckle gave off a signal, as I recall I took it off and remarked "I have a titanium screw in my knee also" after the belt removal, I was all cleared, ready to go so I picked up my keys, my coins, and weapon of mass destruction a simple nail clipper, my favorite (I sleep with it) off I walked into the wild concourse to wreak havoc with my clippers as hidden weapon into the world at large 100 ft down the crowded concourse, I howled in laughter my business partner was not as amused as I was he nudged me to keep it down I laughed once more, almost as hard are we kidding ourselves? someday a person could breach the White House jeez loueez, this is our security it aint about equipment, detectors, XRays, recognition software IT IS ABOUT USE OF EQUIPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY BY MINIMUM WAGE WORKERS WHO COULDNT PASS AN IQ TEST AND PROBABLY COULDNT READ AN OPERATING MANUAL we threw a few $B at the problem and now all is well / jim