Airport Security Part I: Security Lines
Airport security is much maligned in this country. Everyone from the joe standing in the security line wondering why he must throw away his water bottle and take off his shoes to the well respected security professional who has written tomes on everything from cryptography to hacking has besmirched the process. I must confess that I found myself in this crowd more often than not. As I stood in line sans shoes and liquids I'd glance around at the facility about me and identify a few ways a do-badder could beat the system depending on their funding, patience and goals. Inevitably, I would mentally get whatever items I needed through the screening process with a fair enough likelyhood of success that I felt quite comfortable joining the throngs of critics. Then, one day while I was on the road I had an epiphany: "Some of the best minds (don't laugh) have come up with this system. What am I missing?" Therein lay the key question. I had been mentally compromising airp...