Originally Posted by
AngryMiller
Perhaps, Ronnie, if TSA actually had some arrests/discoveries of actual terrorists at the airport screening points then the public might agree with you. The near total lack of arrests for actual terrorism at US airports still hovers around zero.
Sorry AM, that dog won’t hunt.
If there has been, would you or I know about it? Not likely. Most terrorists are unknown, who ever heard of Tim McVey before the bomb in Oklahoma? Or Nawaf al-Hazmi before 9/11? Or Eric Robert Rudolph? They were all unknowns to 99.9% of the planet, before they became famous for their actions. So who is to say that the guy with the pistol in his bag at JFK is not a terrorist? Or the one in Atlanta? Or the woman that wanted to get her bottle of “water” through the checkpoint in Kansas? Your reasoning is faulty AM, and I suspect it’s because of 2 things. Lack of information, and prejudice.
Give us more money and we'll be able to detect terrorists. Excuse me, but your job is to keep the WEI off of aircraft. A disarmed terrorist isn't a threat.
The 19 on 9/11 WERE disarmed, at least to the standards of the day. Yet they caused untold amounts of destruction and cost. Again, your reasoning is faulty.
So Ronnie, tell us again how TSA is the point of the spear in keeping air travelers safe from terrorists when TSOs/airline employees routinely get arrested for baggage thefts.
I don’t remember hearing about anyone getting killed because of a TSO or a baggage handler taking something out of their bag AM. But hey, I admit I could have missed that story. Gimmie a link to it and I’ll review the information.
What comes out could just as well go in.
And a giant elephant eating amoeba could crawl out of your nose tomorrow. Its just as likely as you opening your mind enough to let your prejudices concerning TSA escape and allow you a look at the facts. Anything is possible AM, we can “what if” all year long and never get to an answer.
Please tell us why TSA is incapable of following a Congressional mandate for 100% cargo screening.
Last I heard TSA was on target with the congressional mandate, 100%. Again I admit I could have missed that story. Gimmie a link to it and I’ll review the information.
Could it be that TSA has misspent the funds alocated to it on programs that show a nearly 100% failure rate (i.e. BDO)?
Anything is possible AM, we can “what if” all year long and never get to an answer. What a useless game.