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US Might Ban Laptops On All Flights Into And Out of the Country (reuters.com)
The United States might ban laptops from aircraft cabins on all flights into and out of the country as part of a ramped-up effort to protect against potential security threats, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said on Sunday. From a report:In an interview on "Fox News Sunday," Kelly said the United States planned to "raise the bar" on airline security, including tightening screening of carry-on items. "That's the thing that they are obsessed with, the terrorists, the idea of knocking down an airplane in flight, particularly if it's a U.S. carrier, particularly if it's full of U.S. people." In March, the government imposed restrictions on large electronic devices in aircraft cabins on flights from 10 airports, including the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Turkey. Kelly said the move would be part of a broader airline security effort to combat what he called "a real sophisticated threat." He said no decision had been made as to the timing of any ban. "We are still following the intelligence," he said, "and are in the process of defining this, but we're going to raise the bar generally speaking for aviation much higher than it is now."
Better safe than sorry. Don't like it? stay home. You will not be missed by any of us, believe me. Sorry if the truth is a cold slap in the face.
And we don't have events like Manchester happening to us. Despite the best efforts of Leftist court activists to let in the same sort of people that the EU allowed in - like the Libyans. Somehow, if a bomb goes off & we get killed, your tourist dollars won't go far in helping in the recovery efforts. So you can go and spend them in places like Iran or Pakistan, where I'm sure they're likely to be appreciated.