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Catchword for “security theater”
Catchword: security theater
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Part of Speechn.
The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.
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
This cite belongs to a full entry for security theater.
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