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The intelligence agencies in the United States are the best in the world.

Mossad would disagree with you. Ever wondered why no one hijacks El Al flights?

I always thought it was due to two factors:

1) Proper security design at the airports that make all the obvious single-person low-tech attacks fairly unlikely to work, forcing the use of high-tech or conspiracy solutions.

2) The reluctance of anybody to be the on-the-ground part of a conspiracy or the seller of a high-tech solution, when you *know* that your continued life expectancy is very short unless you plan to spend the rest of your life hiding under a bush in one of the more inhospitable jungles of New Guinea.

Not to mention the fact that ElAl has multiple armed air marshalls on *every* flight.

Right, and they are not afraid to use deadly force immediately. Alex