The Never-Ending War
So New For 2013, as the main draw of the US Open tennis begins Monday, they have announced that this year everyone will get to be wanded and go through a magnetometer. Why? For the past ten years, you've only been able to bring in one small bag, and that one small bag has been hand-inspected as you go in. There's no way that the Boston Marathon scenario could repeat at the US Open as it has been run, security wise, for the past decade. Adding a magnetometer adds no additional security. None. Nada. Zilch. Of course, it is a nice make-work program, because now the company that provides the security forces for the US Open gets to hire more people! Most of these people are temps of some or another sort, and I am sure the contractor that provides this service for the Open makes a nice additional profit. Of course, it is a nice make-work program for the people who make wands and magnetometers. Of course it makes everyone feel so much more secure. Even though it doesn't add a...