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To: cosmicforce who wrote (128184)	1/7/2010 12:14:29 PM
From: Suma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542134

When I flew to Chile from Miami air port I had a brand new suitcase quite large as I was traveling for 27 days. The handle to the case was large and embedded inside the suitcase with a zipper. When I was going through customs it was necessary for me to have an interpreter as I was held up having had the dogs sniff out my suitcase. My interpreter said they went crazy around the handle. It was necessary to open the suitcase which caused me to be delayed on boarding the ship as they went through every article of clothing and all my prescription drugs. Quite an experience... I suspect although this is a conspiracy theory of my own that drugs were put into the top of my suit case in Miami and smuggled to Chili where the suit case handle with zipper and marked was relieved of this package. This is the only way that I could even guess why my suitcase had the dogs barking and frantically pawing the handle of that case. I certainly did not smuggle drugs. I thought it was rather funny but my interpreter said it was not. That I could have been in serious trouble... Thank heavens that I was on a escorted paid trip.

To: cosmicforce who wrote (128184)	1/7/2010 12:18:52 PM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542134

<<<This is what creates the market for bombers>>> I agree with that assessment but I disagree when you assert: <<<I also don't see how terrorists are ever going to recruit into my American business traveler profile. It suggests that we need to be limiting how many of the half million people on our list are NOT profiled. >>> They only have to get a handful of terrorists to slip through any kludgy profile system. In fact a profile system makes it easier for terrorists. What we need is a comprehensive system to avoid any kind of attack - regardless of motive. Any traveler or material that has to be transported should pass through screening. I don't see where that would be an insurmountable and intrusive technical barrier. This kludgy stuff has to go.