Originally Posted by etch5895
I don't buy the typical conservative 'The sky is falling and there are terrorists behind every rock' philosophy, but I do agree that there are in fact small cells operating in the US and abroad gathering intel for the next possible attack. But I'm not going to be one of the folks on this board who say that there are no dangers out there and everything that our security forces are doing is just a blatent waste of time and money. That is a head in the sand philosophy.
Honestly, I don't think that TSA's going to be the one keeping terrorists off of planes. As we just saw, it's going to be the intelligence agencies in conjunction with law enforcement that get these nuts off the streets.
TSA's pretty much a last ditch effort just in case. Things need to be screened, and they can be with the proper technology. However, we don't have to play chicken little like they're currently doing right now.