Re:TSA’s Roadmap for Airport Surveillance Moves in a Dangero...
by graeme on Sunday December 09, 2018 @11:23AM
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There absolutely was an epidemic of hijackings, in the 1970s. Then new laws were put in place banning weapons from planes.
That's the system that was in place up until 9/11, and it was run by private airport security. The TSA was a response to that.
But it wasn't the only conceivable response. Changes to private security screening rules would have been another option. The TSA isn't just there in a vacuum. And if people who try to sneak items past it can succeed, then its mandate isn't very effective.
Part of why another 9/11 hasn't happened is that terrrorists know that people know that hijackings can be very deadly. So people wouldn't be so passive anymore. The 9/11 hijacking was done with box cutters. That feat couldn't be repeated again, even with box cutters on the plane.
That's the system that was in place up until 9/11, and it was run by private airport security. The TSA was a response to that.
But it wasn't the only conceivable response. Changes to private security screening rules would have been another option. The TSA isn't just there in a vacuum. And if people who try to sneak items past it can succeed, then its mandate isn't very effective.
Part of why another 9/11 hasn't happened is that terrrorists know that people know that hijackings can be very deadly. So people wouldn't be so passive anymore. The 9/11 hijacking was done with box cutters. That feat couldn't be repeated again, even with box cutters on the plane.
https://www.vox.com/2016/3/29/11326472/hijacking-airplanes-e...