This Life: Revealing the safety deception

Civil liberties are continuously under attack, all in the name of making the world a safer place, writes Alex Meehan.

By now, most of us have got used to the realities of flying in the post 9/11 world – arriving at the airport early, queuing, taking our shoes and belts off, throwing away perfectly good bottles of water and cosmetics, and taking our laptops out of bags. It may be a pain, but isn’t it worth it if it prevents more atrocities?

The problem, according to Tracey Brown, is that there is no ...