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Dont you think that means its actually working?
The TSA is 95% ineffective when they are tested with simulations of real threats. They are not doing anything.
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The TSA is 95% ineffective when they are tested with simulations of real threats. They are not doing anything.
It’s a jobs program, that we all pay for three times over (in cash, in inconvenience, and for an unlucky minority, in harassment or worse). And because it’s a jobs program, it’s politically invincible.
TSA has caught 0 terrorists, meanwhile hundreds of TSA agents have been arrested. The entire thing is a complete disaster and failure.
Do we still need the TSA? I mean, we beat terrorism right?
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What does this mean?
This is not the case of most countries and in fact, it's illegal in many places to do so.
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What does this mean?
The US (as a generalisation) seems to be pretty racist. The approaches they've tried for solving this seem to be making the racism problem far worse though, rather than solving it. Hopefully they figure it out and solve the problem in a good way in the near future, though I'm not holding my breath.
I used to maintain a blog of arrests of TSA officers and baggage handlers. At its peak, there were on average 2 arrests/week for stealing from passengers. It’s actually gotten better (less theft) over the past few years. I no longer keep the blog, but it’s down to about 1 a month. I think the TSA has made us less safe. If there are so many people desperate for money, what’s stopping them from accepting a payment to g…
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What’s their failure rate for detecting liquids over 3 oz?
50:50 maybe. I made it through with a 10oz can of Zippo lighter fluid once. Didn’t realize it till I got home from the airport.