<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by CarmelGreg:
I didn't ask for a reason. I told you I already knew the reason and it isn't good enough.
It's a known fact that TSA's false positive readings ratio is TOO HIGH. Last figure I heard was 30% false positive. What about the false negatives. That's really the "scary" factor. Do you think they run a car through a CTX machine at the white house? No they use mirrors to look under and dogs to alert them to TNT/explosives. TSA should try this. They can easily afford them with the unlimited, unaccountable, budget they have at their waste.
The fact is TSA can do nothing more than private screeners did to make us "safe". I'd rather have it in the hands of the private sector than in the hands of a bunch of unaccountable Goons with deep pockets and dumb ideas of what security is.
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Your figures are way off and your opinions aside, it is what it is. You do not have to agree with the procedures, but if you are going to fly, you will have to comply with them. It is that simple, much simpler than your sensationalism.
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