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Old May 30, 2011 | 12:05 pm
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RichardKenner
 
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Originally Posted by halls120
Robert Hanssen wasn't a KGB plant in the FBI - he offered his services to the KGB, which they gladly accepted. For 22 years, the FBI never detected his treachery.

All it will take for this latest TSA buffoonery to be overcome is for an educated individual to take the time to set up a potential martyr as a suicide bomber. Nothing technologically elaborate, no extensive tradecraft required - just an average person with no flags in his or her background.
As you well know though, security is not about 100% prevention, but about balancing risks. Yes, somebody who has a "typical" profile could decide to become a suicide bomber, but the chances of that are low. And, in my opinion, acceptably low.
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