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Subject: [Leica] for Doug Herr
From: scott at adrenaline.com (Scott McLoughlin)
Date: Fri Jul 8 17:09:29 2005
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People are incredibly stupid. The security regime (call it what you will)
is aimed primarily at intimidation and harrassment, not securing public
safetly.  I have a buddy at the TSA, and he says the same for airport
security. The actual security of the airport itself is quite lax.

Scott

Douglas Herr wrote:

>feli <feli2@earthlink.net> wrote:
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>>http://tinyurl.com/ckk8g
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>The so-called security checks many of us are tolerating are somewhere 
>between stupid and pointless.  For example, a nearby post office, located 
>in a federal building.  Cameras are believed to be a security risk so 
>they're not allowed in the building - at least cameras not in boxes. I've 
>shipped cameras and lenses from this post office, have recieved the same in 
>my P. O. Box. The people operating the x-ray machines recognize the items 
>as camera components but as long as they pass through the building's 
>entrance in a box there's no problem. If it's not in a box, it's not 
>allowed (camera phones included). How much thought does it take to realize 
>that cameras can be taken out of boxes?
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>Doug Herr
>Birdman of Sacramento
>http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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