Cable Forum - View Single Post - Absent passport checks despite high current threat level

Osem · 09-07-2007, 09:55

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4058427.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/...121808,00.html

Why does this not surprise me in the least? We've been at various high level threat alerts for ages and yet basic checks which could be done aren't, it appears.

Apparently in Switzerland last year 100 people were caught as a result of such checks on 300,000 passports - I wonder how many more would be caught here if our authorities could be bothered.

09-07-2007, 09:55	#1
Osem Inactive Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Right here! Posts: 22,315	Absent passport checks despite high current threat level http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4058427.stm http://www.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/...121808,00.html Why does this not surprise me in the least? We've been at various high level threat alerts for ages and yet basic checks which could be done aren't, it appears. Apparently in Switzerland last year 100 people were caught as a result of such checks on 300,000 passports - I wonder how many more would be caught here if our authorities could be bothered.