[jd777]

I noticed while arguing for the new unconstitutional TSA procedures you slipped in a link to this thread about a suspicious device found on an airplane- Thanks for that update> But GUESS WHAT? - It was fake and it was made by a US firm.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1331261/German-aeroplanes-bomb-scare-revealed-security-test--knows-did-it.html

[nathanbedford]

Thank you for the update and I have another update for you, the manufacturer of the device says he has no idea where the device went in the four years after it passed out of his control and he has no idea how it got to Africa. Was the device a test by the good guys? Normally they stop at the airport before the plane takes off. Was it a test by the bad guys? Sorry for the lack of a link, I think this can be found in the John Batchelor audio podcasts.

This report together with other intelligence has thrown Germany into a spiral of very heavy reaction by the army and the police all over Germany, not just at airports, but in public places and hotels etc.

The lesson I take from this is how vulnerable is our modern civilization to rather primitive attacks in this asymmetrical war. One wonders how much this reaction to a real or imagined threat in Germany has cost the taxpayers here. My wife is about to return from America to Germany and the question is, what sort of passage will she have as a result of this?

At least I will have the comfort of knowing that her fellow passengers have been properly scanned (hoping Miami has such scanners) and the risk of some fellow passenger killing her with an explosive tucked in underwear, diapers, or under habits has been reduced.