Monday, September 27, 2004
 
From Our Department of Unintended Consequences Desk

Pack a large number of disparate people in an enclosed area, moving slowly, and what do you have? A tempting target:
    Stepped-up screening procedures at Los Angeles International Airport that were designed to make flying safer have created another potential vulnerability: long lines that are a "tempting target for terrorists," security experts said Friday.
The answer, obviously: Spend more money:
    Rand Corp. researchers recommended in a 47-page report that airlines and federal officials spend $4 million a year to add skycaps, ticket agents and screeners to speed travelers through lines in terminal lobbies and on sidewalks and into the secure gate area — where they would be less vulnerable to attack.
Spend more money ($4 million a year to start), add more procedures, and then herd the people into a more "secure" enclosed space where they'll still be a target.

Man, how can I get paid for bad ideas? I have a million of them! At $10 each, I would be rich!


- posted by Brian J. @ 8:07 AM
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