Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site terak.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!hao!noao!terak!doug From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee) Newsgroups: net.travel Subject: Re: Airport safety Message-ID: <637@terak.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 13:43:40 EDT Article-I.D.: terak.637 Posted: Mon Jul 8 13:43:40 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 15-Jul-85 07:18:35 EDT References: <134@rruxa.UUCP> <19700005@ada-uts.UUCP> <1733@amdahl.UUCP> <1734@amdahl.UUCP> Organization: Terak Corporation, Scottsdale, AZ, USA Lines: 21 > It is indeed interesting that the Greeks got a ton of flak > for lax security at Athens airport even though there were > several unanswered questions about how the weapons got on the > TWA plane. > ... > To my mind the administration is trying to get even with the > Greek govt. for its hard nosed attitude towards the U.S. administration. Based entirely on TV news reports (however reliable that may be)... Athens airport has a long-standing reputation for poor security. Even after the hijacking, and after reassurances that security had been "tightened", a TV film crew with the zillions of black boxes that such film crews carry, simply walked behind the security guard and out into the "secure" area of the airport. There were no challenges, no move was made to stop them. I'd sure like to think that they wouldn't get away with that *here*. -- Doug Pardee -- Terak Corp. -- !{ihnp4,seismo,decvax}!noao!terak!doug ^^^^^--- soon to be CalComp