Originally Posted by
chollie
I (and others) admit that much of what we see at the airport is 'security theater', there are many threat areas that are completely ignored, and the fact that TSA routinely fails tests to find weapons and explosives is not reassuring.
Nevertheless, I don't think Hawley (or any other TSA administrator) would suggest relaxing a checkpoint rule unless he/she was 110% positive beyond any doubt that doing so will not jeopardize aviation safety.
I agree that there are other threat areas ignored, which supports concerns that not enough is being done to ensure safety. I believe that TSA administrators have not done enough to counter the threat from commercial cargo flying in passenger airplanes. I'm pretty sure that TSA isn't 110% sure that the cargo threat is not jeopardizing aviation safety. Nor do I believe that Homeland Security is 110% sure that cargo arriving in ships from overseas ports are safe.