New reality of airport security
We woke up Thursday to the new realization that many of the items that get us through long flights--laptops, iPods, portable DVD players and even toothpaste and water--are suddenly suspect. Shouldn't there be a better test to separate the millions of people carrying nothing more potent than rasberry Capri Sun from a suicidal shadow armed with explosive hydrazine?Bruce Schneier is a security expert and one of the people who worked on the Secure Flight Working Group to determine the effectiveness of an airplane passenger screening program. His most recent book is titled "Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World." He has trouble tolerating pointless security measures. For the moment, however, he thinks leaving the water bottles behind is the best we can hope for.
