Sounds like some authorities had too much free time on their hands! Do they really think checking every vehicle is going to thwart the bad guys? Random checking is just as bad for all it does incovenience people. Of course, these self-righteous authorities take no responsibility for people missing flights because they are doing their job and it's for our own good! David R > Authorities search every vehicle at BWI > > LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) ? Authorities boosted security at Baltimore-Washington > International Airport, searching every vehicle that entered the airport, > tying up traffic for more than three hours Tuesday night. Brian Doyle, a > spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration, said there was > not a specific reason why every vehicle was checked. Random vehicle checks > continued Wednesday, but Doyle declined to say whether all vehicles were > being checked. "Occasionally, we'll go 100%, just as another tool in the > toolbox to keep the potential bad guys off balance," Doyle said. > Officers from the TSA and Maryland Transportation Authority Police searched > the passenger compartments and trunks of all vehicles Tuesday night. Doyle > said the agency will decide on occasion to search all vehicles. He said > extra officers were deployed to make the inspections go as fast as possible > and keep traffic delays to a minimum. The searches caused traffic to back > up several miles from the airport terminal. > > > *************************************************** > The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site/TnTisland.com > Roj (Roger James) > > escape email mailto:ejames@xxxxxxxxx > Trinbago site: www.tntisland.com > Carib Brass Ctn site www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ > Steel Expressions www.mts.net/~ejames/se/ > Site of the Week: http://www.thehummingbirdonline.com > TnT Webdirectory: http://search.co.tt > *********************************************************