Come on folks. Do not let your thinking follow the TSA train.

Instead of asking why cargo does not get as much inspection, you should flip this over. The vast majority of what you see passengers get is just for looks.

Liquids are a good example. Only because somebody tried it, do we have those silly rules. Any idiot knows it is still easy to get liquids onboard. Just think for a minute. If you need help, just ask any college student heading into the big football game.

Knives and other weapons also can easily be taken onboard. But we go through the hassles so that we can better safe than sorry.

Or, in at least a few cases, it has been shown that you can easily just walk into the terminal by entering the wrong way. Sure they emptied the terminal, and in the latest case it appears it was innocent, but if it was a bad guy, he could have EASILY left some bad items hidden within the terminal before they sent everyone out.

So, bottom line, we don't bother with cargo much, because nobody is looking.

I really think the bad guys are just laughing at us.