Originally Posted by
JSmith1969
It is not anecdotal to note that by TSA's own numbers, the BDO program is a laughable and pathetic failure, nor that scientists who study human behavior regard it as such. It is not anecdotal to note that countries without a shoe carnival have not had any planes brought down by shoe bombs. It is not anecdotal to note that TSA has been dishonest from day one about strip-search technology.
It is not anecdotal that TSA repeatedly fails GAO "red cell" tests, and that their personnel are routinely surpassed by contract airports in this regard. It isn't anecdotal that when TSA cases come to court, the agency gets its head handed to it.