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Old Aug 13, 2008 | 3:05 pm
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Originally Posted by SgtScott31
Explain why you are so scared to be in an airport? I'm not referring to the TSA and/or their rules and policies. I am asking why you feel safer out on the street than in a facility which has a faster police response then anywhere else.
It's the TSA that worries me. Not their employees specifically ('though some are very questionable), but instead the diversion and hindrance they create to REAL security and real LEOs.

I won't say where, but at a major league sports game, we decided to pull a stunt on the league's private security folks. We were all told well in advance that they'd be checking bags & rooms on the day of the game. No problem. We just spent the days prior to the game loading up the building with all sorts of fun "toys". Day of the game, we all walk in without bags, show ID, get the pat-down then go off to our various offices. The private security folks combed the building looking for anything suspicious. They found nothing. We had a LEO in on the joke bring out our mini-arsenal on display. I see the exact same situation occurring at the airports.

I've yet to see the TSA do anything actually conducive to real security. Unfortunately with the TSA in charge, you don't see anyone else working on bringing real security to airports. Then again, I've never seen a knee-jerk reaction to a problem be an actual solution. At this point, the TSA is the solution to a problem that doesn't exist, while the real problems that exist aren't being addressed.
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