Originally Posted by
Longboarder29
OK
That being said this is a snapshot of this week off the TSA propaganda site, oops I mean website:
TSA Week at a Glance (July 14, 2008 - July 20, 2008)
10 passengers were arrested due to suspicious behavior or fraudulent travel documents
22 firearms found at checkpoints
3 artfully concealed prohibited items found at checkpoints
12 incidents that involved a checkpoint closure, terminal evacuation or sterile area breach
I would call that a deterrent if nothing else.
I am trying to point out, and failing to do so I guess, that even though TSA may not be doing a great job at it airport security is still important and being inconvenienced randomly is small in the bigger picture of things.
The stats that were quoted from 14-20 Jul are not helping your argument.
According to bts.gov (extrapolated from Apr 08), almost 15 million revenue emplanemants occurred in that week. Do you really think that 47 incidents (some over lapping) justify thousands of TSA harrassing pilots, CSAs, rampers, etc? Excuse my math but that's about 1 incident in 320,000.
By the logic that you are using, Homeland Security should have check points set up on Interstate Highways to moderately inconvenience the masses to catch the few that try to get by. They should also, randomly, inspect state and federal vehicles in case they are trying to use their status to get something by.
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