Originally Posted by
LexPassenger
TSA has nothing to do with stopping terrorists. It is designed to convince the Kettles flying to Orlando that flying is safe.
Watch any local TV interviews on the Thanksgiving Wednesday - it works great.
The collateral damage to the rest of us is noise.
^^ TSA was never about making air travel safer. It is a massive public relations scheme devised by Congress and the Bush WH created to provide the illusion of security, and that your government is doing everything it can to prevent terrorism. The creators know it is a joke, and they know it doesn't provide any material increase in security, but it DOES provide federal jobs, and, more importantly, it gives our "leaders" plausible deniability if there is another aviation-related terrorist attack, so it's never going away.