Originally Posted by
Wally Bird
Are you serious?
Just how would the presence of TSA workers dissuade any terrorist from a landside assault?
Terrorists want screening to kept just as it is, or made worse. The screening process interferes with commerce and degrades the quality of life in America. Terrorists know that a landside assault would make it even clearer that the TSA degrades aviation security, rather than improves it, and they're scared that such a demonstration would cause changes to the screening process that would make it more efficient.