Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --On Thursday, July 4, 2002 2:16 PM -0700 Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote: <snip> > > Now I've sworn never to take my eyes of those guys, as you never know how > they'll rip you off on the pretext of National Security. > > So Tina, you know what to do the next time you fly south. Don't take your > eyes off the bags and the guys handling them. Like, if you can't trust the > security guys for your safety in the air, who the hell can you trust? > ted. Ted, One of the things the new federalization of the airport security down here is supposed to change is the practice of separating passengers from their possessions while they are undergoing secondary checks of shoes or whatever. This has led to so many thefts off the conveyer belt that it is a minor scandal. Laptops have been a particular target. The scenario is this: you put your stuff on the conveyer, get pulled aside out of sight of your stuff. Thief lurking inside of security grabs your stuff and walks off. The feds have specifically promised to change this so that you are never separated from your property. - -- Rolfe Tessem rolfe@ldp.com Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html