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![]() "Andrew Gideon" wrote in message online.com... Yes. They'd also need to identify the marshal amongst the passengers, as you noted. However, relying upon these "secrets" is relying upon something called "security through obscurity". It doesn't work in the long term. If nothing else, it's yet another "weak point" against which an "attack" can be attempted. It means that the terrorist doesn't need to get a weapon on board, but just get access to the marshal's identity on a flight. That is, there are now two different ways to acquire a weapon on board, whereas before there was just one. Of course, for this to matter we have to assume that it is impossible (or at least very difficult) to smuggle a weapon on board. I find myself unwilling to make that assumption. If some kid could do it - and multiple times at that - then why not a collection of savvy terrorists? The risk of having a known weapon on board has to be balanced against the possibility of having an unknown weapon on board. Please explain how having an armed marshal aboard is a "weak point". How do the terrorists get the weapon away from the marshal? P.S. How do the marshals get through security? Even aircrew is scanned. How obvious would the lone unscanned person be? I've always thought it humorous that the flight crew was scanned. Why would the flight crew need a weapon at all? They're already locked in the cockpit. All the pilot or copilot would have to do is incapacitate the other. |
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