And they wanted Yasser Arafat's presidential plane exempted from Israeli security inspection.

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One fringe benefit: Security guards who open laptops for inspection for every passenger now waive the tiny OQOs right through--since they consider them personal digital assistants.

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Backers hope they will prove a cheaper alternative to helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft for tasks as varied as power and pipeline inspection, mapping, security, border surveillance, research, filming, fire fighting, search and rescue and delivering supplies.

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And the invitation fell far short of the unconditional acceptance of intrusive inspection that America and the Security Council have long demanded.

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The router, called ASR-1000, allows Internet service providers (ISPs), large companies and universities to move data and integrate services that enable security, voice over Internet, deep packet inspection and the authentication of broadband flow to specific subscribers, all in a single piece of hardware.

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In addition, the United States must develop a systematic approach to the security of its sensitive installations under on-site inspection regimes.

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But in Monday's Security Council session, the United States will continue to insist that Iraq allow inspection teams already in the country to continue their work.

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There are still four layers of security: presentation of valid government ID, boarding pass, x-ray inspection of carryon luggage, and passing through a magnetometer for the presence of metal.

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But, he says, those Security Council members that want to see UN inspections continue will argue that this is more evidence of how the inspection process can actually work.

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