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Old Apr 19, 2009 | 11:50 am
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AngryMiller
 
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Originally Posted by TSORon
Utterly amazing. All these self appointed security experts and none with a clue about security. Gee am I glad that none of you are in charge of security anywhere, we would all be speaking Farsi and stoning those with a beer in their fridge.

Unpredictable screening is not supposed to be unpredictable for the TSA, its supposed to be unpredictable to the public and the terrorists. You didn’t know what was going to happen until after it was happening. You cannot prepare for screening that you cannot predict. At best you can prepare for everything you can think of and hope that the TSA has not thought of something else.

Ahh, and this is the very quintessence of unpredictability. He can see the forrest, but complains that the trees are in the way. Good job Angry.


Because that is not what the TSA is there for. We have other government agencies that specialize in this, and they work together with the TSA and other agencies to make up the entirety of layered security.


The ignorance displayed in this thread is absolutely amazing. You folks complain about security, yet completely miss the intent of the programs and then make our point by complaining about the unpredictability of programs that are designed to be unpredictable. Congratulations folks. If I thought that the traveling public was smart this group would be cause to change that.

Angry about the inconstancy of the bag inspections? Nope. Angry about the fact they toss the contents of my bag then say "you can go now" without repacking my bag the way it was packed in the first place. TSA aren't LEOs so I demand that my carry ons be repacked properly once TSA has pawed through them in a feeble attempt to make me feel safe.

I feel less safe knowing TSA is on the job. At least before 2006 I could properly secure my luggage against theft. TSA made my belongings less secure by their 'layered' toilet paper security than before 9/11.

If you want to make wise acre comments about people being stupid, I can bring up 23 + years of USAF security police/air police mistakes as a shining example of their intelligence. Do you really want to go down that road?
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