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Monday, January 11, 2010

Airport Security- A Rational Perspective

Another good piece from Patrick Smith at Salon.com

Its reactionary policies in general are folly: The hijacker uses a box cutter; we ban box cutters. The bomber stands; we ban standing. And so on, in a childish, rock-paper-scissors version of national security.
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