I'll say that on a recent trip to DC, I was appalled at the lousy, fake "security" at all the museums I visited, clearly intended for show and nothing more. An example -- at the Air & Space museum they had a supposed x-ray machine for bags, a supposed walk-through metal detector, and two rent-a-cops playing charades. Why do I call fake?
-- There must have been 5000 people inside the musem, with a line of about 200 waiting at the door to clear "security". A real metal detector would have been going off every 20 seconds. This one went off not once while 200 of us went through. I myself was carring a camera, a large roll of keys, a pocketful of change, a Surefire flashlight, and a weapon the nature of which I will not disclose (not a firearm). I also have screws and a plate in one ankle that have set off numerous airport detectors by themselves -- not a peep from the "metal detector".
-- The "x-ray" machine was attended by one of the two rent-a-cops, feeding handbags and daypacks through one at a time -- and there was no monitor on the machine. That's right--there was no screen upon which to view contents!
-- Had either of these two devices been real, there is absolutely no way only 2 guys could handle all the further screening of people that would be required. 25 guys, maybe. 2, no way.
I am firmly convinced that, had I wanted, I could have carried an Uzi and a bagful of grenades in there with no one being the wiser. A 5 kilo block of plastique and a detonator would have been child's play.
Sheeple, sheeple -- wake up! Your government not only cannot protect you -- they don't care to even try.
