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Old Nov 3, 2008 | 12:34 pm
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drummingcraig
 
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Originally Posted by sbrower
I am no fan of the TSA searches. But this post is virtually irrelevant. The fact remains that there was a 95% (probably 99.9% chance) that they *would* find the knife. No terrorist will plan something where there is a 99.9% chance of failure. The fact that a random knife or gun gets into the "sterile" area has no impact on the theory of security being used by TSA and its superiors.
Irrelevant???

This wasn't a small pocket knife in a large fully loaded duffle bag. This was the largest/widest Swiss Army knife one can obtain in a messenger style computer bag.

I think your odds are way off.
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