Airport Security: The Response...

So, you will have probably heard of that plot on Christmas day of some nutcase who had explosives in his pants and attempted to blow the plane up, yet only managed to lightly singe his balls.

So, in true political glory, countries left right and center (well, mostly center really, mainly the US, UK etc) have ordered urgent reviews into procedures that never really worked against any criminal with a braincell anyway. Obama has ordered that people arriving in the US from certain countries will be searched. Some of you will think this makes sense. Some of you will cry "but good sir, that's like being guilty until proven innocent". But these aren't the main issues, this whole scheme can be quite simply circumvented by a terrorist going to a relatively safe country (say, the Netherlands) and then flying to the US. Clever ain't it? Oh wait, that's exactly what the dude did on Christmas day...d'oh.

On the other hand, countries like the US and Netherlands are strongly considering staring closely at our naked bodies via some clever x-ray gadgets because they can't use intelligence services or the no fly scheme properly and because it shows up stuff like explosives.

Of course, the best course of action is to overhaul the no fly scheme, so that, uh, terrorists (and cheeky journalists) can't make fake boarding passes/get knives on a plain/fly with no ID/get over a gallon of suspicious liquid on a plane etc...