How Pathetic Can It Get

[hypnodoc]

I saw this on the internet news today. What a joke. I fly internationally at least twice month and it is bad enough, and now they are ramping it up more. I bolded the security committee members near the bottom, you guessed it Krud, Dillard and Dith, my 3 year old son would know more about security than this pack of dills, and Krud blows another 400 million. It would be better if they pulled there heads out of their ar$es and got on with saving some money instead of wasting it like this.

It makes me wonder how many shares they own in the tech companies that supply the duboius equipment to make this possible. I guess there will now be a lot more Cuzzy Bros hassling travellers at the airports now. Most of these so called security officers were on the dole beforte all this security nonsense started after 9/11, and now they carry on like FBI agents. Maybe its a conspiracy to make the unemployment figures appear lower. Dickheads using bomb sniffers on old fragile pensioners and children. I wonder how long it will be before they decide to microchip us all.

Airport security my a$$.

New security measures for passengers

Part of $400 million announcement

Includes body scans

AUSTRALIAN airline passengers face tougher security screening - including possible full-body scans on US flights - in a $400 million-plus strategy to tackle terrorism.

Religious rehabilitation programs to halt the spread of radical Islam in prisons will be unveiled and security at international gateways to Australia, particularly in Asia and the Middle East, will be strengthened.

According to the Herald Sun,domestic travellers can also expect more routine security screening, including swabs to detect explosives.

After lengthy delays and the rewriting of eight earlier drafts, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his senior ministers will today finalise a White Paper on Counter-Terrorism.

The document aims to ensure Australia is better able to cope with threats from home-grown terrorism and follows the arrest of Muslim terrorism suspects in Melbourne last August.

..The Government has moved to tighten aviation security after the failed attempt by a Nigerian-born man to blow up a plane approaching Detroit in the US at Christmas.

It will also step up security for incoming cargo and reverse a decision to cut the number of air marshals.

The most controversial reform will be the likely introduction of full-body scans for passengers travelling internationally.

The roll-out of full-body scanners would take place at a small number of international airports - most likely Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane - and be used for flights to the US.

Senior ministers believe that Australia should embrace tougher US-style anti-terrorism laws, despite concerns over passenger privacy and questions about the cost-effectiveness of the technology.

Top security advisers to the Government say the aim is to maintain vigilance without resorting to stripping passengers naked before a flight.

The Government is also considering enhanced explosive screening and tests to detect chemicals other than nitrates. Technology now used at most domestic airports can detect only nitrate-based chemicals.

Among other reforms, the Government will announce a big investment in security screening for international flights into Australia.

This will include installing new equipment and beefing up the number of officers at airports in Asia and the Middle East.

The White Paper will also include "preventive" measures, including programs to try to de-program radical Muslims in prison.

Britain puts money towards a Muslim grassroots initiative called the Radical Middle Way, which pays for an interactive website to promote mainstream Islam.

Cabinet's National Security Committee - which includes Mr Rudd, Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Treasurer Wayne Swan, Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith and Attorney-General Robert McClelland - will debate a range of options today.

The strategy's architects are the PM's National Security Adviser and former SAS commanding officer Duncan Lewis and his offsider Angus Campbell, another ex-SAS officer.

The new policy will also include a package of measures intended to streamline response times and the information flow between domestic security agencies such as ASIO, the overseas intelligence officers in the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, and the Australian Federal Police.

Edited 31/01/10 08:38 PM by hypnodoc

[ronburgundy]

Maybe they killed JFK too?

[Wenier]

Well you'd think the full body scan would speed up the time it takes to get through (as long as they have more than one machine). Just think you get scanned your carry on gets scanned that should be the end of it unless you havent emptied your pockets. I know its annoying and even I hate the wait and I generally only do one international trip a year. But there is nothing we can do as people keep slipping through the gaps and causing more problems.

[ENVI.BA]

what a waste of money. they want to enforce preventative measures by catching people 5 minutes before they catch a flight.. why dont they profile people before they pay for their ticket. im sure the governments so called "intelligence" can work their magic their.

Fair enough their needs to be some kind of security before boarding a flight but putting thousands of people through this is only going to increase the waiting time for flights

[hypnodoc]

They use 1 scanner at LA and choose people randomly. When I came over last month I left Aus and went to LA NY and Tampa with 2 pairs of scissors in my carry on bag that I forgot to take out of my toiletry bag. They were found when I got back to Sydney and was catching a domestic connection from Sydney to Perth . It indicated to me that we have a better system than the US as it is. Still I think this may all be a little more about compliance than stopping bombers getting on planes. The last clown burned his pecker off with his homemade underwear bomb anyway

Edited 01/02/10 12:52 AM by hypnodoc

[ZAP]

We have as much hope of catching a terrorist with this expensive technology as we would asking them "Are you a terrorist" on their boarding cards.

I do not feel safer flying now, as the "Security" guards paid $18 per hour at airports can easily be bribed with $100,000 to allow a bazooka on a plane.

To stop terrorism, we need to tell the USA to shut the flock up and stop enciting racial hatred and stop them thinking they are the worlds police.

People have a right to have an opinion or god that is not the same as the USA.

[nang3]

the problem is there is a practically unlimited amount of uneducated retarded living in the dark ages in caves and raping camel type people out there who are easily brainwashed into thinking that blowing babies/girls/mums/grandparents etc to pieces is appreciated by their chosen imaginary friend Allah..

Us westerners dont help the problem by invading their countries yada yada and generally living a life surrounded by beer women partying fast cars good food and tropical holidays and all other things us infidels enjoy

[RegSpec]

Suicide bombings are soon going to a thing of the past anyway......

And we can all thank Susan Boyle for it....

From what I hear, since the potential bombers have now seen what a virgin looks like....there not so keen on going to paradise now

[hypnodoc]

[arjey]

didn't she get married or something?