Originally Posted by
AngryMiller
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It might go as far as; if they were wrong on the shoe issue, what other things are they wrong about? That would open TSA to a scrutiny they know they would never endure without people being fired and possibly having charges filed against them in federal courts.
As I've noted previously, a report prepared by an interagency experts on aviation security last year was rejected by Kip Hawley and his cohorts, in part because it didn't produce the answer he wanted. The report concluded that the biggest threat to aviation security was under the wing - cargo, not passengers. Since that would undermine the whole TSA Kabuki theatre, he rejected it.