New demands for more GA security

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/14/po...rtner=homepage

On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 07:33:18 -0800, C J Campbell
wrote:

From an AP article today:

"Officials said that the thousands of general aviation airports - which
host
recreational planes, business jets, helicopters and other kinds of
noncommercial aircraft - must all have security measures that are
equivalent
to TSA mandates at commercial airports."

It would be interesting to know precisely what "officials" said this, but
the article refers to them only as "officials" throughout.

FBI and Homeland Security - both genuine experts on aviation...

Yep.... and replace the word airplane with boat, car, truck, train,
taxi-cab, subway, bus, motorcycle, bicycle, skateboard, rollerskate, or
horse and buggy and it would make just as much sense.

"Paul kgyy" wrote in message
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FBI and Homeland Security - both genuine experts on aviation...

"Ray Bengen" wrote in message
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/14/po...rtner=homepage


The article still only refers to them as "officials." No names. It is not
even clear that these particular "officials" work for the FBI or Homeland
Security; only that the "officials" are commenting on a report written by
those organizations.

The vast majority of terrorist attacks seem to be with car bombs and rocket
propelled grenades, yet I have not noticed a call by any "officials" for
metal detectors and bomb sniffers in every garage. I want to know who these
"officials" are and I want to know why they have not been fired.