On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 23:21:57 GMT, D.S.B. wrote in
, seen in uk.railway,
quoting me:

The Paddington scanner is an example of Being Seen To Do Something
whilst not actually doing anything worth speaking of, and I want
nothing to do with that sort of official stupidity.

Sure is... Access to the same platforms via the bridge area was entirely
un-monitored- not even a 'security ' bod showing a presence, but seven BTP
+dog standing around near the 'scanner'.

Quite.

I'd rather those 7 BTP officers were deployed elsewhere on the system
where their presence would be of greater value.


[...]
Lets face it , if every entrance had one of those thingies and it became
obligatory to pass thru, then if a terrorist really want access , he would
catch a train at Acton Mailnline or somewhere- or an underground
station....that's without even considering the merits of whether terrorists
see this as a potential target.

I think that, having attacked air in the US and subway, mainline rail
and bus here, the next attack (God forfend there be one, but I suspect
there will be sooner or later) will be on an entirely unrelated
target. Somewhere crowded, perhaps, for maximum effect, but there are
plenty of crowded places which are no transport-related.

ISTR terrorist attacks in Israel on discos, cafés and shops; if they
can do it there, they can carry out such attacks much more easily
here.
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