Re:A Sensible Fix For TSA Security Lines
by Aelinsaar on Thursday May 26, 2016 @01:33PM
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It might be worth having a small panel or advisory committee with good intelligence clearance, which periodically evaluates aviation threats and realistic ways to handle them. In cases where there are no good solutions, as you suggest, no security theater will be engaged in.
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We do audit the TSA. They fail about 95% of the time (67 fails out of 70 tests) in official audits: http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/01/politics/tsa-failed-undercover...
I'm not suggesting an audit of the TSA, since the TSA does nothing useful. I'm suggesting an audit of the likely threats, likely solutions, costs, etc. I.E. the thinking that led to reinforcing cockpit doors. The TSA doesn't enter into this, since they are much MUCH worse than flipping a coin.
Re:A Sensible Fix For TSA Security Lines
by someguydave on Thursday May 26, 2016 @02:33PM
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Except what do you mean by 'intelligence clearance'?
The reason we have to screen everyone is because of the egalitarian jealousies of the masses.
Re:A Sensible Fix For TSA Security Lines
by MatthaeusHarris on Thursday May 26, 2016 @04:01PM
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Intelligence as in information, not as in smarts.
Intelligence clearance = access to classified information.
Re:A Sensible Fix For TSA Security Lines
by someguydave on Thursday May 26, 2016 @08:32PM
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Yes, I understand that was what you meant. What qualifies someone to have a clearance?