I don't know about obsessive, but I recently returned from a trip to Spain and had my belief reinforced in the fact that the security procedures in Madrid are better than ours.
The difference, to my mind, is that they always have security people who interview each departing person, then even in the line to board the plane, they check back. They have been doing this sort of thing for many years, it's nothing new. This is in addition to the usual technology we have. Yes, they require you to remove your shoes, but they do offer plastic booties to wear while your shoes are off. What makes the difference to me is the addition of a human element to the overall process. Our security seems to me to depend too heavily on technology. Having said this, I have to add that I'm tired of hearing complaints about TSA from people who fancy themselves libertarian. As far as I can tell, the TSA people are doing the job they've been given to do, and anyway they don't make the policies. Intrusive security is far better than none. On 2/9/08 2:28, "Eric S. Sande" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Got it. Not to be too paranoid than usual, on my last trip TO > the USA from France, the French were more obsessive about > security than their counterparts in the USA. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive from 1/1/2000 is on the MARC http://marc.info/?l=computerguys-l * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
