Originally Posted by
TSORon
That’s your belief, and you are more than welcome to keep it as long as you like. The nice thing about belief’s is that one does not need anything to keep them, not even facts.
The same thing can be said about
your beliefs, Ron.
Originally Posted by
TSORon
no. Lack of foresight, lack or procedure, lack of imagination. None of those are the fault of the screeners, but all are the prevue of the agency that was overseeing their work. I know who that was, do you?
Well, Ron, you are wrong. It wasn't "Lack of foresight, lack or procedure, lack of imagination." It was the well-known reality that all airlines had procedures in place which
forbid their employees from resisting a hijacking. The hijackers knew they would meet no resistance, and except for flight 93, they didn't. They could have hijacked those airplanes with a ball point pen, as a matter of fact.
So you see, it wasn't lax gate security. And yet the traveling public has been forced to endure TSA as a response to the 9/11 hijackings - a level of security that wouldn't have prevented 9/11. Given these facts, how do you justify the existence of TSA?
Originally Posted by
TSORon
I’m not responsible for your ignorance. You have much to learn grasshopper, things that we cannot teach you.
Wow, Ron, I'm so impressed. You can quote old movie lines.
The thing is, I work with TSA and DHS on a routine basis as part of my job, and if anyone deserves the label of ignorance, it would be you with regard to your view as to just how important TSA really is. Inside the Beltway in government, TSA is widely considered to be a joke.
Of course, when your leadership rejects an analysis of the current threats to aviation security produced by
real aviation security professionals because it doesn't fit their preordained expectations, what do you expect.