System Obviously Not Foolproof, Since Fools Are So Ingenious.

[ltmurnau]

Security breach creates delays at Vancouver airport
Last updated Jun 27 2005 08:11 AM PDT

CBC NEWS – Thousands of passengers faced long waits at Vancouver's International Airport on Sunday as security staff searched for a man seen bypassing pre-board screening.

The man, who was carrying a backpack, left undetected on an Air Canada flight for Toronto, said Jacqueline Bannister, a spokeswoman for the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority.

Meanwhile, thousands of domestic travellers who had already been cleared through to their gates– including people who were already on aircraft – were moved back to an unsecured part of the terminal. After a security sweep, passengers had to line up and be checked through again. The shutdown, which lasted about an hour, delayed most flights leaving Vancouver.

Police stopped the man for questioning at the Toronto airport, Bannister said. She said he likely missed security screening by mistake, and might not have understood which lineup he was supposed to wait in.

No charges are expected in the incident.
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Goddamnit - if we can't even get the idiots to stand in the right lines, let alone the terrorists, then They have won.

Comments

[dzherzhinski.livejournal.com]

The idiots always win, simply because they [select one: ignore/fail to understand/misinterpret] the universally-accepted rules and play by their own rules.

[ltmurnau.livejournal.com]

I know the idiots have won; you're right, they always win, on both sides of the equation (i.e. what idiot would take people off a fully loaded aircraft they knew the Backpacking Buffoon wasn't on, and make them go through security again?).

But damnit, if the terrorists won't line up properly to be discovered and apprehended, how can we defeat them?