Monday, November 14, 2005

Train commuters face security scans

Alistair Darling is planning to introduce airport style security checks at train stations. Passengers will apparently be chosen for random scanning checks. Mr Darling is quoted as saying "We are only as strong as our weakest link" as far as security is concerned but I'm not sure he really means it.

The 'treat everyone as a threat' approach to security will never come anywhere close to matching the effectiveness of targeting the real threats through sound intelligence and policing. Not to mention the waste of scarce security resources and time engaged in unproductive activities and processing of false positives, the damage spread through the meme of the fear that the guy sitting next to you could be a terrorist (despite the real chances of this being statistically negligible) etc...

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