Originally Posted by eyecue
The lines are present, TSA is not responsible for the security of those persons that are standing in that line. They are under the protection of the local jurisdiction. I wont argue with you about the fact that they are a potential target. But I take exception to the fact that any culpability lies with TSA. The term uneccessary is operative here.
Hi eyecue,
What about the terrorist target
directly created by the TSA whenever TSA orders the dumping of an entire passenger terminal after a minor screening lapse? Do you think the TSA is culpable in that situation? It sounds like a perfect plan to me: have bad guy #1 run in through the out door, causing TSA to evacuate the terminal, and then have bad guy #2 kill a thousand or more people after TSA plays right into the plan by congregating the masses in one vulnerable little spot. Why doesn't TSA paint a big red and white target on our backs while the agency's at it?
It's not that I'm personally worried about this happening, but it seems rather counterproductive for TSA to be creating vulnerabilities where there previously were none. There were never lines of people standing on the sidewalks outside LAX before the TSA. There weren't frequent evacuations of a terminal full of passengers before the TSA. How is the average Jane supposed to believe the TSA's blather about protecting us when its presence has made us so visibly less safe?