[IP] re TSA overreaction to Delta incident

best way to destroy the US economy: Float a believable news story (via one or two "incidents") that one out of every 10 gas pumps may be contaminated with explosive gasoline. Everything would come to a halt.

On Dec 26, 2009, at 2:13 PM, Dave Farber wrote:

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From: Christian Huitema <huitema@microsoft.com>
Date: December 26, 2009 2:06:44 PM EST
To: "dave@farber.net" <dave@farber.net>, ip <ip@v2.listbox.com>
Subject: RE: [IP] TSA overreaction to Delta incident

What if Al Qaeda’s plan was not to actually crash airplanes? What if their plan was to try drive us crazy with ever more arcane flight safety procedures? Look at the return on investment for them. A few of their lowly pawns gets arrested trying to set up a half baked petard, but in exchange millions of travelers can quarry liquids and now powders. Even better, they have to remain tied to their seats!

-- Christian Huitema

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