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  • There was planning and preparation for an attack, presumably in the New York area, where there would be a large number of people and where security screening is lax such as a large railroad or subway station, essentially where there is no airport-style screening, the sources said.

    Suspect in terror probe admits ties to al Qaeda, official says 2009

  • You will have to go through a full airport-style security check each time you enter the surrounding area of the Congress Centre.

    Not all fun and frolic at Davos 2011 Raju Narisetti 2011

  • University of Madison-Wisconsin student journalist Talya Minsberg, who is at the Capitol, told The Huffington Post that there are vastly more people stuck outside than inside due to "airport-style" security measures.

    Wisconsin GOP Senators Pass Stand-Alone Anti-Union Bill Without Democrats Present 2011

  • "However, given the very large passenger flows and thousands of entry points on the UK rail and underground networks, 100% airport-style screening is currently not feasible."

    Boing Boing 2008

  • Hundreds of people had lined up more than two hours before Mr. Sarkozy's morning speech at the elite university's Low Library to pass through stringent airport-style security for the event.

    Sarkozy Seeks to Mend Ties in U.S. 2010

  • A trial found that introducing airport-style checks would be impractical and antagonise the public.

    Boing Boing 2008

  • Hundreds of people had lined up more than two hours before Mr. Sarkozy's morning speech at the elite university's Low Library to pass through stringent airport-style security for the event.

    Sarkozy Seeks to Mend Ties in U.S. 2010

  • Hundreds of people had lined up more than two hours before Mr. Sarkozy's morning speech at the elite university's Low Library to pass through stringent airport-style security for the event.

    Sarkozy Seeks to Mend Ties in U.S. 2010

  • If all goes according to plan, guests won't have to swarm around clipboard-wielding assistants but will line up at airport-style kiosks to receive their seating assignments.

    Sequins, Fur and Bar Codes 2010

  • This helps me understand the rationale of AMTRAK not wanting to allow firearms in checked baggage which is not completely isolated from passenger areas until they get airport-style screening of passengers.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » The Origins of Security Screening at Airports 2009

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