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From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee)
Newsgroups: net.travel
Subject: Re: Airport safety
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Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 13:43:40 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul  8 13:43:40 1985
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> 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*.
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