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...Irradiation: Currently FDA-approved for use on meat, this process would kill off any dangerous bacteria by blasting mail with radioactive rays, much like an X-ray...
...airport security screeners miss more than 20% of the potentially dangerous items that pass through X-ray machines, according to the GAO. Their European counterparts are reportedly twice as effective. Reasons? TRAINING: U.S. screeners spend 12 hours in class; those in France study for 60 hours. SALARY: U.S. screeners start at $5.15 an hour, with minimal benefits; Belgian screeners make $14 an hour, with health care, vacation, sick pay, bonuses and a track to managerial positions. TURNOVER: In Europe, less than 50% annually; in the U.S., on average, 126% annually...
...credibility of dark imagination is just the thing that will prevent future attacks of this sort. The most dangerous and effective method of terrorist deterrence will not be the random I.D. checks in airports, the constant armed guards, the relentless searching of carry-on baggage, the new and powerful x-ray machines that will slice and dice baggage onscreen, the armed sky marshals ready to drop any prospective terrorist in their tracks. Nor will it be the pilots armed with hollow point bullets ready to defend the sanctum of the cockpit, or any other high-tech or high-force solution...
...Guns, inert grenades and bombs slipped past guards or X-ray machines by FAA agents at Logan airport from...
...ground, the Israelis not only use the standard metal detectors and X-ray machines but also lean on teams of young agents, dressed in blue slacks and white shirts, who interrogate, to varying degrees, every passenger departing Ben Gurion and, in airports abroad, anyone flying El Al. The questions can include: "When did you book this flight?" "Who paid for the ticket?" "Why are you traveling?" "Whom did you meet while in Israel?" Business travelers are asked for documents proving they actually are pursuing a particular deal. Journalists are asked to reveal the stories they are going to cover...