Originally Posted by
SATTSO
I still disagree that TSA has tried to given the impression that security can be 100%. We all will simply have to disagree on that
And I very much disagree with your statement: "Security under liberty involves the mitigation of risk while accepting that perfect safety is neither possible nor even necessary."
We all know very well if there is another terrorist attack, one of the first things that will happen is fingers will be pointed. Congress may hold a hearing, and then issue a report, in part blaming specific people or an agency for failure - meaning whatever happened should not have. Meaning whatever hole allowed this future attack should have been plugged. And the public, too, will lay blame.
We all know this is basically what will happen, even though we all know that security will never be perfect.
Of course it will happen. Politicians always take any disaster and try to spin it to their benefit to show that their opponents didn't take care of the situation. Similarly, bureaucrats will dig in and play the CYA game so it's not their @ss on the line when it does happen. The net result is that everyone clamps down more tightly and works against the very thing they're trying to accomplish.
Ink's statement is correct. Just because stuff happens doesn't mean that it should, or that it's right. It just shows that we're not living in the free society we think we are.