Talking sense

Another thought experiment: Imagine for a moment that the British government arrested the 23 suspects without fanfare. Imagine that the TSA and its European counterparts didn't engage in pointless airline-security measures like banning liquids. And imagine that the press didn't write about it endlessly, and that the politicians didn't use the event to remind us all how scared we should be. If we'd reacted that way, then the terrorists would have truly failed.

Schneier on Security: What the Terrorists Want

Over the past few weeks I've watched the news on TV and read the reports in newspapers and on the web and I've been wondering why exactly have the British airports been banning cabin baggage. I mean - it seems - that what they're supposedly looking for wasn't even viable. I had my suspicions and now I've seen it debunked in a number of places (here and here). 

As Schneier says it means the terrorists are winning when we do this.  Especially when stuck on a longhaul flight with nothing to read and no music to listen to.

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