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Re:TSA acknowledges financial stress of shutdown is forcing ... by Canada on Thursday January 17, 2019 @03:48PM (#18934487)
No, it's also a power and money hungry agency. The airport security of yore just did their jobs and were a lot more pleasant to deal with. The traveling public was just as safe.
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Re:TSA acknowledges financial stress of shutdown is forcing ... by beatgammit on Thursday January 17, 2019 @09:30PM (#18936577)
And perhaps more safe. Security theater is a real thing and gives people a false sense of security.

I've heard that the reason we haven't had a major terrorist attack in the US since 9/11 was because of vigilance of the public. If people get lazy and start trusting that the TSA will competently do their job, we're likely to have another. I think it's because the TSA is pretty bad at their jobs that we haven't had anything major attack.

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