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I hope everyone had a great holiday. Good food, good friends and good dreams. Thank you, Dan, for the email greeting. That was a really nice touch.

The new scanners are expensive. If we cut 1% of our Afghanistan budget, we could equip all our airports with new scanners. Restore our safety instead of wasting our money for a lost cause.

How much "security" is required? After we are all naked, are they going to do rectal probes too? What is the limit? That guy who caused the most recent fuss was on a watch list but they let him on anyway. Sooner or later, there will be terrorists who choose ground based American targets. Walmart anybody? BTW, it is still relatively easy for baggage handlers and maintenance people to smuggle packages onto planes. The illicit...

Body scanners to be used at Dutch airport Body scanners are to be used on all passengers flying from Amsterdam's Schiphol airport to the US, the Dutch government has announced. ......Snip................................ The machines would detect objects concealed in pockets or under clothing, she said. Even so, she warned there was still a chance that Mr Abdulmutallab would have been able to pass through. "Our view now is that...