Originally Posted by
chollie
More importantly, if TSA doesn't believe the grope is as effective as the NoS, they are effectively claiming that they can never screen wheelchair-bound pax to the highest standards.
Great message to send to the 'bad guys'.
Yup. Security is only as strong as it's weakest link. I'd love to see how TSA handled my mother's folding blind-cane but she didn't live to the TSA era so I'll probably never know. No matter what scrutiny she drew by officials in various countries nobody ever paid any attention to her cane despite the fact that if it wasn't in it's bag it was totally obvious that it was hollow.