(Which, really, shouldn't surprise anyone. Fake security monitors objects and has lots of procedures; real security monitors people. But that requires extensive training and may involve things like profiling, which are politically unpalatable. Even the best physical security screening of luggage doesn't really achieve anything, since there are plenty of other places you could smuggle things aboard. [Left as an exercise for the reader -- I can think of some really fun ones that they'll never be able to screen for without causing a riot])
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(Which, really, shouldn't surprise anyone. Fake security monitors objects and has lots of procedures; real security monitors people. But that requires extensive training and may involve things like profiling, which are politically unpalatable. Even the best physical security screening of luggage doesn't really achieve anything, since there are plenty of other places you could smuggle things aboard. [Left as an exercise for the reader -- I can think of some really fun ones that they'll never be able to screen for without causing a riot])
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