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...argued that our airport security procedures are doing their job splendidly? Well, they are, but not because they’re any good at catching terrorists, either real or simulated. When it comes down to it, all of the heightened security procedures at our airports and aboard our airliners (bulletproof cockpit doors, armed air marshals, and so on) are not designed to make air travel completely secure. They are meant to make us, the traveling public, feel as though we are completely secure...
...takes a ride into Mississippi delta country in his new release, revisiting the juncture of Highways 61 and 49—the crossroads where they say the king of all bluesmen, the legendary Robert Johnson, sold his soul to the devil for musical genius. Even the most bulletproof rock icon was once just another wide-eyed fanboy, and Clapton has made no secret of his lifelong devotion to Johnson, whose fingerprints have been indelibly burned into nearly every one of Clapton’s efforts. Me and Mr. Johnson marks the consummation of this love affair...
...would have been better off in a Toyota Highlander." BRIAN HART, father of Private First Class John Hart who was killed in Iraq while fighting from a humvee that lacked bulletproof armor...
...standard issue for Iraq's police. "The accuracy is great, especially at night," he says, pointing out glow-in-the-dark dots on the sight that line up a target. The Americans have given Iraq's police other equipment as well: Motorola walkie-talkies, Nissan Maxima patrol cars and bulletproof vests. But the technology can't come fast enough. The 259 men under Dhahir's command share 35 flak jackets...
...commission investigating the attacks, most recently in the form of an outraged demand from the Family Steering Committee that he testify in public to the commission, providing a series of embarrassing questions for him to answer. It’s another sign that the attacks are no longer a bulletproof vest for the president—and if his political force-field fizzles, New York may be about the last place he’ll want to visit...