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Old Mar 14, 2026 | 7:49 am
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Originally Posted by Maxwell Smart (Post # 23)
TSA was a way of certain politicians wanting to create a whole new addition to the federal workforce by selling the big lie of "privately-run airport security failed on 9/11" to a public wanting the government to "do something!" and sadly it is now a commonly-accepted but totally false notion that airport security was to blame for 9/11.
I am not trying to be argumentative, but whose fault was it, or what was the proximate cause, of the 9/11 hijackers being able to smuggle their blade cutters and whatever else they used for their plot?

Obviously onboard aircraft security, such as unlocked cockpit doors, had at least "something" to do with the systemic vulnerabilities at that time.
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