Originally Posted by
gingersnaps
What is your reasoning that each of those is not necessary? Isn't each process a reaction to an actual unsuccessful incident?
What screening would you say is necessary or should be taken?
I think the Whole body Imagers, shoes, belts, and LGA restrictions are examples of security steps that are just not necessary.
I don't believe that these security steps provide a remarkably better security posture. But they do help create a very large backup at TSA Checkpoints placing all of those people standing in line at risk.
One could also look at the rate of occurrence of any particular style off attack. None for belts that I am aware of. One shoe bomber some billion or so passengers ago. And I guess we have to look back at Bojinka to find an attack that used a liquid as an attack.
I would suggest that the risk of attacks that these steps supposedly reduce is not worth the manpower or cost.