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Lie Detectors to be Used for Airline Security
swimgeek writes "A new walk-through airport lie detector being made in Israel may prove to be the toughest challenge yet for potential hijackers or drugs smugglers. The product has been tested in Russia and should be commercialized soon. The software in the detector picks up uncontrollable tremors in the voice that give away liars or those with something to hide, say its designers. Passengers that fail the test are then required to undergo further questioning or even search."
Lie detectors are naturally attractive to a culture that casually accepts a redefinition of the word "science," that promotes creationism as science, that sprinkles holy water on orange groves in an attempt to retard freezing.
Corry
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I would argue the reason they don't have an issue with aircraft is becuase they are the people who hi-jack aircraft.
You don't go after your own.
They did nothing to you that someone trained wuoldn't know how to get around.
What? you think they have some super secret knowledge no one knows about, and therefore can't fake?
Put an air marshal on the plane with a gun*, stow all luggage for the entire flight, use a metal detector like they do now. Bar the cock pit door.
This whole, can't see you loved one off at the time of boarding is crap, and the way the screen is crap.
When was the last time a white, black or chinese american blew them selves up in a plane?
*A bullet puncture in the side of an air craft will NOT cause explosive decompression. The maximum amout of air that can exit the whole is too little. It would only hiss and slowley let the air out. You would need a whole about about 20" by 20" to cause explosive decompression.