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Subject: [OM] Re: Photography as a hazardous avocation
From: hiwayman@xxxxxxx (Walt Wayman)
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 05:29:58 +0000
Without commentary or opinion, I offer the following link regarding airport 
security, or the lack thereof.

http://www.womenswallstreet.com/WWS/article_landing.aspx?titleid=1&articleid=711

Walt

--
"Anything more than 500 yards from 
the car just isn't photogenic." -- 
Edward Weston


-------------- Original message from Jim Brokaw : -------------- 
> on 7/14/04 8:51 AM, Alienspecimen at alienspecimen@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: 
> 
> > The photographers are not the only ones targeted...this is a really 
> > embarrassing incident: 
> > 
> > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3892657.stm 
> > 
> > Boris 
> > 
> > Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form. 
> 
> It certainly seems that if the 'security people' there were US security 
> people they could have intervened with the airport TSA security people to 
> avoid this unnecessary aggravation of a senior diplomat of a friendly allied 
> power. This would be the equivalent of a former Secretary of Defense getting 
> the full drill at the Paris airport -- wouldn't that stir up a fuss...! I 
> suppose if they searched Rumsfield they could always look for brains as 
> well... some of his recent policy decisions seem to support the allegations 
> that he hasn't any. Do I feel he's part of the problem with this 
> administration? Why yes, I do. Is that a big problem? Well yes, it might be. 
> Should he have had an end-game plan before entering Iraq? Well, any wise 
> warrior would have. Is his habit of asking and answering his own questions 
> very annoying? Well yes, I think it is. 
> -- 
> 
> Jim Brokaw 
> OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney... 
> 
> 
> 
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