[vrwinger]

Plus, the supposed "leader" of the 19 hijackers, Mr. Atta passed through airport security in Portland, ME and merely walked to his connection at Logan without having to go near an X-Ray machine or security check-point... How many others who flew from Logan that morning also made connections? We only know about Atta because he left a trail with his rental car. I guess it's easy to kick Logan in this case, but there's plenty of blame to go around...

[TomB]

I've been asking the same question in a couple threads, but have yet to get an answer.

Seeing as how the knives and boxcutters that were used to take control of the planes were legally taken on board, how is this a failure of airport security?