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Old December 31st 03, 11:13 PM
Steven P. McNicoll
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"Andrew Gideon" wrote in message
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You're assuming secrets staying secret, again.


You're assuming they don't.



But *my* knowing how to do this isn't important.


It is if you want your messages to be taken seriously.



What's important is that
nobody with security experience would assume that the secret would stay
secret. They don't.


How do you know?



You keep trusting the secrecy of the secret for your security. Worse, you
ask questions which indicate that someone needs to prove to you that the
secret can be compromised.


Well, if nobody can explain how the secret can be compromised, and nobody
has, then the secret appears to be pretty safe.



After all, that's precisely the point of the air marshal program: to

handle
the case where the perimeter security fails. So what handles the case
where the air marshal program fails?


Well, if all programs fail, there's nothing we can do.

But you're not saying the marshal program MIGHT fail, you're saying the
,arshal program WILL fail. It's clear you're against armed marshals on
airplanes, but it appears to be just an emotional issue with you. You have
not presented a cogent argument against them.