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Originally Posted by djplong
ijusluvit: You make a very good point that I completely agree with.
*LAW ENFORCEMENT* has discovered plots, arrested terrorists before disasters and provided intel to share amongst their agencies.
Name me *ONE* big break the TSA has made. ONE foiled plot.
The aspects of the "USA PATRIOT Act" that allowed for sharing of intelligence between law enforcement agencies is something I wholeheartedly supported and still do.
The TSA is security theater and nothing more.
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Your last sentence is the first time I've ever seen you qualify for the "Off-The-Wall Ridiculous Generalization Club".
There's nothing more vulnerable and no 'bigger' strategic target for terrorists than an airplane. Shoe bombers, underwear bombers...have we not had everything but body cavity bombers?!! The TSA has had to scramble furiously to keep up, with the stakes always incredibly high. We all think we could do a better job. We are all so outraged at the excesses the media loves to embellish.
Yes, with imperfect humans doing every operation, and in the necessity to anticipate every possibility, the TSA has made some errors of commission. But not a single one of omission. That's 0 terrorist strikes on airplanes in eleven years.