Full Body Scam
The Naked View of Current Airport Security
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This book reflects the 10th anniversary of the infamous terrorist skyjacking of three U.S. aircraft on September 11, 2001.
It is not an ordinary one because it will be in three sections. The first, which is the new title, is an update on airport security procedures. The second and third are previous books I have written on this subject – NINE/ELEVEN, and AIRLINE PASSENGER SCREENING HAS BECOME A FEMA-TYPE SNAFU.
My unique perspective comes from having been the press officer for the Federal Aviation Administration’s Task Force on the Deterrence of Air Piracy. I am the last surviving member of the original 9-member team. The group was formed in 1969 following a mandate by Congress to deal with the recurring skyjacking of aircraft, mainly to Cuba.
The previous books depict the work of our Task Force and how it developed the original passenger screening procedure. Three of us traveled to nine airports during 1969-70 to test the Dailey Profile as Step One in the system. The results, revealed in the two other books, should have been the basis for current procedures. But, well before 9/11 – in fact, some 30 years before that – the Profile as Step One was brushed aside in favor of subjecting every passenger – young and old – to be electronically screened first.
Those previous books indicate why I challenge the basis for such a change, which not only continues to this day but has been “enhanced.” My premise is that this is a waste of time and money because the original approach would accomplish the same intended ends without humiliating passengers and often unnecessarily delaying their flights. Bureaucratic intransigence must give way to “outside-the-box” flexibility.
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About the Book
This is an update of two previously published books on this subject, which are both included in this volume.
As the last remaining member of, and press officer for, the Federal Aviation Administration’s anti-skyjacking task force that developed the original procedure during 1969-70, the author has unique personal experience.
The general theme is that the government is going around in procedural circles to provide “security” when a return to the original Dailey Profile as Step One would provide the same, if not better, protection against potential skyjacking. The book also defines the difference between domestic events and perceived terrorism.
About the Author
David H. Brown was an Ohio newspaper reporter for nearly 15 years before beginning a 24-year career as a government public information officer.
After retiring in 1991, he became an adjunct professor of speech and began writing books, fiction and non-fiction. Mr. Brown’s bachelor’s degree is in journalism; his masters is in public relations. He has been a public speaker for more than half a century.