NODE ff2420d8WashPost report on airline security plan
David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>Sun, 1 Sep 1996 01:03:28 +0800
Today's WashPost reports that one plan the new commission
is studying is a massive Big Brother database of any&everyone
boarding a plane. ""Suspects"" will then be subjected to
extra attention.
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NODE f85c6c47Re: WashPost report on airline security plan
Alan Horowitz <alanh@infi.net>Sun, 1 Sep 1996 02:04:42 +0800
THe CBS Radio News (I think that's who) mentioned this morning that the
screening criteria for deciding whose baggage to search with fancy
machines, would include methods the passenger had chosen to make payments,
not merely for the ticket, but for his daily purchases. That this idea was
floating around a long time and has been given new impetus since the
flight 800 take-down.
Any one else see the analysis I saw on newsgroup (forget which) which
analyzed the pattern of damage to the aircraft, and came to the conclusion
that it had to be a proximity-fused missle.
NODE c4a81594Re: WashPost report on airline security plan
Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>Sun, 1 Sep 1996 05:17:24 +0800
On Sat, 31 Aug 1996, Alan Horowitz wrote:
> Any one else see the analysis I saw on newsgroup (forget which) which
> analyzed the pattern of damage to the aircraft, and came to the conclusion
> that it had to be a proximity-fused missle.
If so it was most likely radar guided. These tend to be larger, more
restricted, and harder to come by.
The terrorist angle becomes harder to develop in this case.
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NODE b3cca953Re: WashPost report on airline security plan
Declan McCullagh <declan@eff.org>Sun, 1 Sep 1996 04:14:06 +0800
The Post front-paged this story and probably would have led with it if it
weren't for the gas leak at National Airport late last night.
Read the story. It's quite disturbing. The proposal will be released in a
week, I recall.
-Declan
On Sat, 31 Aug 1996, David Lesher wrote:
> Today's WashPost reports that one plan the new commission
> is studying is a massive Big Brother database of any&everyone
> boarding a plane. ""Suspects"" will then be subjected to
> extra attention.
>
> --
> A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com
> & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX
> Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433
> is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
>
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