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More Frisks on Tap for Airline Passengers

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“[T]he more important news from the T.S.A. isn't about packing a sewing kit or a tool belt. Starting Dec. 22, frequent fliers, who have long learned how to sail through the checkpoints and avoid a secondary screening, are more likely to be randomly hauled aside for one of those dreaded perp pat-downs.” (New York Times ^[1], Tuesday)

Is this what they mean by friendly government?

FEE Timely Classic
“Privatizing Airline Safety and Security” ^[2] by Paul A. Cleveland and Thomas L. Tacker

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URL to article: http://www.fee.org/articles/in-brief/more-frisks-on-tap-for-airline-passengers/

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[1] New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/06/business/06road.html

[2] “Privatizing Airline Safety and Security”: http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=4468

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