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Not Much Defense Against The Determined And Crazy
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The aftermath of the LAX shooting is simple: You can spend all the money you want on security but it's doubtful that you can stop something like what happened at Terminal 3. It's especially striking to me, because in recent years maybe 75% of my flying -- and I fly a lot -- has been out of that same terminal, and the way the place is laid out, it's as convoluted a route to the TSA checkpoint as any airport (you go up an escalator, then wind around the escalator well to get to the security area) and it STILL happened. There are stories about cops complaining about being stationed at the checkpoint to their union and getting moved in front by the ticketing area, and leaving them where they'd been might have stopped him from making it down the corridor towards the gate area, but if someone wants to create chaos, how can you stop it? (Los Angeles Times)
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