Comment Re:International Standards??? (Score 1) 888
Measures to prevent this were in place before the incident happened both in the US and elsewhere. The problem isn't the rules (pre-9/11 rules were enough). The problem is the complete moron who is employed to enforce them.
Another problem is that the typical moron walking around doesn't realise that one just plain can't do everything. A free society comes with risks. Deal with it. Hell, a police state can't prevent this sort of thing if the person wanting to do something is even remotely clever.
The point of airport security is to have a high probability of catching the clumsy and the stupid. Anything beyond that and innocent people are significantly compromised (by inconvenience and liberties and
All I have to say about this sort of thing is that the response is, again, just fucking embarrassing.