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   From: malc@gelt.org   
      
   On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 10:20:49 -0700, "Matt"    
   wrote:   
      
   >   
   >"Fred Smith"  wrote in message   
   >news:4bbb5bb7.0407120807.308f8237@posting.google.com...   
   >>   
   >> I am finding that in the name of terrorism we are getting our civil   
   >> liberties taken away from us.  Some people I have talked to defend   
   >> these   
   >> measures and tell me not to fly if I don't like it.   
   >> What do you think?   
   >   
   >While I agree that pat-down searches are annoying I don't think it would   
   >qualify as and example of "getting our civil liberties taken away".  I have   
   >no idea why they would do that to everyone in line, my guess is that there   
   >was some kind of problem with the security equipment.   
      
   They weren't doing it to "everyone in line", just to those singled out   
   for special attention (they'd have "SSSS" on their boarding cards).   
      
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   >Matt   
      
   Malc.   
      
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