Originally Posted by GradGirl
Hi Rufus102,
This is an old argument on Travel Safety/Security. There are two facts: passenger screening has gotten more invasive, and there have been no incidents of airline terrorism except Reid since 9/11. Causality between these two observations can not be proven and can not be disproven.
Very true. So why am I being told uncategorically that it HASN'T prevented an attack?
However, here's another fact for you: The GAO and other neutral government bodies have determined that the TSA not only fails to detect guns, bombs, and knives on a regular basis, but also has faulty or no procedures in place to test themselves. You can read it for yourself
here and
here. This latter fact suggests that whatever reasons the government has for wanting to harass us at checkpoints, those reasons do not include detecting weapons, since they don't do a very good job of that.
Well, I would never even try to say it's perfect - or even close - but it would certainly deter SOME from trying something, and you don't propose an alternative. You just complain about what is there. A vocal (small) minority you could say.
It might help if you suggested a reason why the goverment wants to harass us.