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ZOB

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5. TSA Screening At Airports Provides The ILLUSION Of Security

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Mar 10, 2013, 04:10 PM

Mar 2013

I've said that forever.

No nail clippers on a plane, but you can carry a screwdriver as long as it's seven inches or less. ONE person tries to detonate a shoe bomb and millions of travelers now have to take off their shoes. It'd be simple to fill breast implants with explosives, but we have no way of checking for that (let alone the ease of sticking a pound of C4 in one's rectum to smuggle it through security).

The only purpose of TSA checkpoints is to harass millions of travelers so they "feel secure".

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Former Newark Airport TSA screener says job does little to keep fliers safe (job is a complete joke) [View all] kpete Mar 2013 OP

Security Theater Only kairos12 Mar 2013 #1

And money for crony/contractors. nt bemildred Mar 2013 #20

It all was a GOP cash cow for Bush buddies. Follow the money...equipment, uniforms, contractors...e kelliekat44 Mar 2013 #24

There are two important factors regarding the DHS/TSA which are rarely taken into consideration: Fire Walk With Me Mar 2013 #2

One of my friends boarded a plane with a cane. Thav Mar 2013 #3

We knew this from the start Demeter Mar 2013 #4

TSA Screening At Airports Provides The ILLUSION Of Security ZOB Mar 2013 #5

+1 One_Life_To_Give Mar 2013 #21

This author seems a tiny bit less-than-gruntled, but I do agree that security checkpoints petronius Mar 2013 #6

The TSA is there to harass the flying public, nothing more..... Swede Atlanta Mar 2013 #7

They "had to" pat down my 83 year old mother and my 15 year old daughter both. davsand Mar 2013 #22

TSA now has passengers do a self-pat-down. MindPilot Mar 2013 #23

Yeah, I figured as much. How much are we spending on this? AnnieK401 Mar 2013 #8

Yeah, but look how many terrorists they've arrested! tclambert Mar 2013 #9

Time to cut this expensive joke.... midnight Mar 2013 #10

So getting felt up was just for fun? classykaren Mar 2013 #11

Yet another one to add to the "No Shit, Sherlock!" file. kath Mar 2013 #12

At least it's a paycheck going to Americans and not WAR WAR WAR. valerief Mar 2013 #13

Apparently not always. This story is one of the latest involving an "undocumented worker": AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #16

Bimbo ? really ? olddots Mar 2013 #17

Apparently "Bimbo" was his real name. No wonder why he wanted to take someone else's. AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #18

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ Dawson Leery Mar 2013 #14

One obvious solution: take away the video cameras of the supervisors so they are not recording AnotherMcIntosh Mar 2013 #15

I had a cop friend mention the TSA "pat down" issue years ago SpartanDem Mar 2013 #19