The Atlantic Online | November 2008 | The Things He Carried | Jeffrey Goldberg

Citation added: October 17th, 2008, 10:06 pm
"Airport security in America is a sham—“security theater” designed to make travelers feel better and catch stupid terrorists. Smart ones can get through security with fake boarding passes and all manner of prohibited items—as our correspondent did with ease."
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I am Back in Austin, No Thanks to the FAA and American Airlines | Beyond the Beyond from Wired.com

Citation added: April 10th, 2008, 11:10 am
"Does Al Qaeda need to exist any more? American government and corporations will now cheerily scare, oppress and disrupt the American civil populace all by themselves."
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The Airport Security Follies - Jet Lagged - Air Travel - Opinion - New York Times Blog

Citation added: December 30th, 2007, 11:50 am
"Unfortunately, at concourse checkpoints all across America, the madness of passenger screening continues in plain view. It began with pat-downs and the senseless confiscation of pointy objects. Then came the mandatory shoe removal, followed in the summer
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