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I only travel by air occasionally, but just enough to have encountered a wide variety of security procedures at a number of airports in the U.S. and Europe, and by far the longest and slowest line I've experienced was at O'Hare Airport in Chicago (as seen above). Hundreds of people, shuffling along in their stocking feet, belts unbuckled and removed, holding their pants up with one hand while trying to manhandle their carry-on bags as they work their way up to a mere TWO checkpoints.
Meanwhile, WBBM-TV, the CBS station in Chicago, has been reporting on security problems at O'Hare and ran a report earlier this week that charges that some 3,800 security badges that permit airport employees to access all areas of the facility are missing. Their investigation also alleges that for all intents and purposes anyone can simply walk into restricted areas if they happen to look like an employee, no questions asked.
As long as they aren't carrying knitting needles or a big bottle of shampoo, I guess.
There's terrorism and then there's being terrorized. I flew to Charlotte NC this week and somewhere along the line my tooled-leather make-up bag went missing. Now I'm not saying that the TSA helped themselves, but I think a reasonable person can draw their own conclusions.
Posted by Suzette [URL] at 06/29/07
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