Catchword: security theater

Filed Under: English

Part of Speech: n.

Quotation: Refusal to go through the detector seems to trigger a “you must have something to hide” response, tempered by the usual “ethnic” and “yoof” issues, which leads to a “normal stop and search” by the attendant Police Officers (a rare sight, normally). Yesterday, there were reports of false postives from mobile phones. Is this simply more security theatre ?

Article or Document Title:
“Hammersmith Bus Station metal detector trial—more ineffective ‘security theatre’?” (URL)

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Spy Blog

Publishing Location:
U.K.

Date of Publication:
Dec. 8, 2004

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