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Section 107
come on, pax successfully smuggle drugs and other contraband into the US on a daily if not hourly basis. And on average one person is arrested daily even for "massive" quantities, (although perhaps not everyone considers 9lbs of smack "massive."
This one just recently:
http://www.loudountimes.com/news/art...les_airport898
and EVERY time an airport worker has been arrested for smuggling guns past the checkpoint so, too, has at least one passenger been arrested.
No one argues that one of the greatest vulnerabilities is an insider generated or assisted attack.
But quite seriously, since (and even before) 9/11 in Europe and in North America it is only the folks that
have gone through security screening that have been the ones that have actually attacked airplanes. No airport worker in the US (and Europe, I believe) has been charged with conspiring to, or actually providing material aid or assistance in an actual attack on aviation.
So, you know, draw your own conclusions.
So are you saying do nothing security wise? Is it really worth the effort and expense to even screen passengers since they will slip through anyhow?
And on 9/11/2001 the attackers didn't carry any contraband through security, they just used the rules in place at that time to their advantage. Given that the current rules don't mandate screening insiders perhaps that could be used to someones advantaged too.
edit to add: The only contraband that should be considered by TSA is WEI. It is not their job, nor their mandate, to search for or limit drugs or other non-WEI contraband.