Thursday, November 09, 2006

[Germany] Analysis: German airport security faulty? / UPI, 7 Nov 2006

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STEFAN NICOLAUPI
"Mock terrorists in one out of three cases manage to smuggle weapons and explosives past security guards at Frankfurt International Airport, a German news magazine has said. The report has unleashed a quarrel between the German interior ministry and a police union over the price Germany should pay to safeguard its airports. Checking those who should be checking you for knives, pistols or explosives is a practice regularly done at airports across the world. At Frankfurt International, one of the biggest air hubs in Europe, security guards at checkpoints were tested 367 times in the first half of 2006, with worrisome results."