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All in the name of security!!!

Two spectrums of security - the new game in town under which everything, and whatever, is OK.

First this from those wonderful people at TSA in the USA:

"Folks have created products designed to shield private areas from the TSA’s Advanced imaging Technology. But it won’t work, says the TSA on its own blog.

“Remember the post about the artist who designs metal plates for baggage with messages that appear on the X-ray monitor? This is very similar to that. If there is something shielding an area and we don’t know what’s under it, we have to conduct a pat-down,” says the blog. It continues:

“We're certainly not going to tell you what you should or shouldn’t buy or wear, but I feel it’s only fair to give you a heads up on your choice of attire.”

So basically, passengers should be aware that the use of these types of products to shield their private parts will likely result in a pat-down.

Some might think this is TSA’s way of getting back at clever passengers.

That’s not the case at all, reassures the blog.

“It’s just security,” it says."

Much more serious, and with political overtones, this latest Israeli offensive, insidious and intimidatory behaviour:

"........followed a complaint filed yesterday by Al Jazeera with the Government Press Office and the Foreign Press Association, over what the channel said was a humiliating and lengthy security check at the invitation-only foreign press briefing with Netanyahu in Jerusalem."

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"Najwan Simri Diab, a producer and reporter, and another reporter, Shirin Abu Aqla, were part of the Al Jazeera team that arrived to the Jerusalem event. Abu Aqla was reportedly made to wait over an hour and not permitted to enter in the end, while Simri Diab was asked by security to remove her clothing, including her bra."

A "mishap" is the official explanation to date!

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