Originally Posted by
colmc
Which is part of it's inherent flaw, really and why it's not a very good tool for the woefully awful TSA, never mind more competent organisations.
Not that I expect you to admit to that..
I think it's a problem of execution rather than principle. I'd rather have security people, in principle, be looking for the weapon wielder rather than the weapon. Lots of things can be used as weapons, but all of them require a wielder. Security people in general should be looking for him/her.
Whether the TSA should be doing this is as is certainly cause for debate and discussion.