Comments on: Security goes down the drain http://www.elliott.org/blog/security-goes-down-the-drain/ Consumer advocate Christopher Elliott's site. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David http://www.elliott.org/blog/security-goes-down-the-drain/comment-page-1/#comment-15237 David Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:31:44 +0000 http://beta.elliott.org/photos/security-goes-down-the-drain/#comment-15237 Easiest way to take down an aircraft. Park on a public road near the end of the runway and aim some lightweight rockets into the wing as it takes off, same as the Mudjahadeen did to the Russians at Kabul airport when the Russians invaded Afghanistan. No TSA checkpoint involved... Until someone secures the ground around the airport for at least a 5km radius then this could happen. Easiest way to take down an aircraft.

Park on a public road near the end of the runway and aim some lightweight rockets into the wing as it takes off, same as the Mudjahadeen did to the Russians at Kabul airport when the Russians invaded Afghanistan.

No TSA checkpoint involved…

Until someone secures the ground around the airport for at least a 5km radius then this could happen.

]]> By: Louise Weiss http://www.elliott.org/blog/security-goes-down-the-drain/comment-page-1/#comment-2293 Louise Weiss Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:59:37 +0000 http://beta.elliott.org/photos/security-goes-down-the-drain/#comment-2293 First order of business for potential terrorists: get a job with the TSA. Just think what you could put INTO luggage while you're taking other things out. First order of business for potential terrorists: get a job with the TSA. Just think what you could put INTO
luggage while you’re taking other things out.

]]> By: Carver Farrow http://www.elliott.org/blog/security-goes-down-the-drain/comment-page-1/#comment-2292 Carver Farrow Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:19:03 +0000 http://beta.elliott.org/photos/security-goes-down-the-drain/#comment-2292 I disagree. I think a well balanced approach to liquids is needed. If we were to remove the ban on liquids, then the terrorists, or copycat wannabees, will have an obvious opening. The nature of an emergency is to first overreact then scale back towards normalcy. This is what we are seeing now. I disagree. I think a well balanced approach to liquids is needed. If we were to remove the ban on liquids, then the terrorists, or copycat wannabees, will have an obvious opening.

The nature of an emergency is to first overreact then scale back towards normalcy. This is what we are seeing now.

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