'You know, Chief, this nude bomb might solve a lot of problems: for one thing, flashers.... And there'd be no more trouble with concealed weapons. I mean, if everyone were nude, there'd be no place to hide a gun or knife. Well, there is a place, but it could be painful.'

Maxwell Smart, the redoubtable Agent 86, finding the upside to KAOS's terrorist threat to destroy the world's clothing with its dreaded Nude Bomb.

In an utterly predictable response to an unsuccessful attempt by a would-be Jihadist to emasculate himself in mid-air by detonating a small explosive charge (a very small one, of course), the Regime is moving, slowly but inexorably, in the direction of requiring airline passengers to strip nude.

There is plentiful evidence to suggest that the same Regime acted as an accomplice - most likely a passive one - in that same failed bombing attempt. Call it a delayed-action nude bomb: One Nigerian nutcase conceals a firecracker in his wedding tackle, and before long everybody will have to strip nude in order to fly.

Granted, the nudity would be "virtual," temporary, and limited in its exposure. Passengers would be violated one at a time by the same thoughtful people who have made a career out of rifling through other people's dirty underwear.

Airport security screeners have "got to have some way of detecting things in parts of the body that aren't easy to get at," insists former Homeland Security Commissar Michael Chertoff. "It's either pat-downs or imaging."

A third alternative is to avoid commercial aviation outright whenever possible. I suspect an ever-larger number of Americans are going to join me in choosing what's behind door number three.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/grigg/grigg-w123.html

Meanwhile, in Awstrayla .....

Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor speaks with Chris Uhlmann on the 7:30 Report following reports that several government agencies have concerns about the security of the nation's airports.

CHRIS UHLMANN: Just look at one aspect of security at Australian airports: the Australian Security Identity Card allows unescorted access into the secure area of airports. How many have gone missing in the last two years?

Three (3) times Uhlmann asked this question & three (3) times O'Connor refused to answer it; even after Uhlmann suggested that as many as 400 had gone missing over the past two (2) years.

then there's this .....

CHRIS UHLMANN: But how can you say as you did at the beginning of this interview that you have - you're quite confident that the airports are as secure as could reasonably be expected when the standard for the gaming directors of Australia is higher than that required for those people who are working in the secure areas of our airports?

see the entire joke here http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2009/s2783026.htm

In June of this year, the Brisbane Times reported on a three-year intelligence operation by the Australian Crime Commission, which uncovered serious weaknesses in the security of Australian ports & airports.

Police are concerned that criminal figures are working at major airports more than three years after the Wheeler inquiry into airport security called for a thorough overhaul. Sources said ongoing problems at airports include inadequate screening of casual employees, nepotism when hiring, camera black spots and poor co-ordination between the police and security companies.

At Melbourne airport, police are examining how the vice-president of the Outcasts motorcycle gang has been working as a baggage screener for a private security company. The senior bikie has an Aviation Security Identification Card that enables him to access most areas of the airport.

A senior law enforcement source aware of the ACC's report said serious problems remained at Sydney airport, including intelligence gaps and poor co-ordination between different public and private security agencies.

The ACC's inquiry is believed to have focused on several methodologies used by organised criminals to smuggle drugs into the country. They include the practice of "piggy-backing", which involves smuggling illicit material in a shipping container registered to a reputable company.

Police sources said the maritime and aviation security card system was inadequate. The identity card system prevents people with serious criminal convictions from working in sensitive areas, although people can work in the industry without a card or with a criminal conviction not considered unacceptable. Police intelligence is not used in assessing whether a card should be granted.

Department of Transport figures reveal around 10 per cent of the 33,644 people who have applied for an aviation security card since last October have been convicted of a crime. Of those, 148 have been denied a security card.

Since October last year, around 20 per cent of the 12,552 maritime workers who have applied for a security card have had a criminal record, but only 41 of those were denied a card.

http://www.securoseal.com/main.php?pg=news&news_id=1909