Originally Posted by whirledtraveler
Well, I never said that, actually. I'm for any security that is unobtrusive. I get the feeling that you want to paint my comments a certain way. That's fine, sounds like a stalking horse for ad hominem: "see he thinks this, so don't look at this on its merits." Just know why you are doing it, okay?
If you get a chance, please tell us why an attack on a screening lane is an acceptable risk, that "passengers should accept the statistical odds that the great majority of them will not be involved in a terrorist incident, making it an acceptable risk at the cost of the relatively few who are victimized by it."
Any congregation of people is a target. Sports events, amusement parks, rallly's, Tourist attractions. I dont believe that an attack on one of those would have the impact on the US like 9/11 did. Also you cant fault the TSA for those lines outside the sterile area, that area is under control of the local authority. So with 9/11 terrorism made a grand entrance into the United States from a foreign country. It is going to a hard act to top.