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Old November 6th 07, 06:38 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Mxsmanic
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Default FW: Article "DHS Wants GA Aircraft Screened Before Flights To U.S."

This illustrates that people who are incompetent in security will spend most
of their time addressing the minority of risks that they think they
understand, while ignoring all the risks that they do not understand (or
perceive). Unfortunately, the bad guys are rarely using the same playbook,
and indeed, they tend to observe security measures and then attack in areas
that have not been subjected to them.

Put another way, the DHS is trying to protect against things that will never
happen, because it only understands things that have already happened, and
incorrectly assumes that the future will resemble the past, even though the
bad guys usually know better than to try the same trick twice.