> But you can't claim [new airport security is] pointless. Actually, we can: http://abcnews.go.com/US/exclusive-undercover-dhs-tests-find-widespread-security-f

> But you can't claim [new airport security is] pointless. Actually, we can: http://abcnews.go.com/US/exclusive-undercover-dhs-tests-find-widespread-security-failures/story?id=31434881 http://abcnews.go.com/US/exclusive-undercover-dhs-tests-find... TL;DR: "undercover investigators were able to smuggle mock explosives or banned weapons through checkpoints in 95 percent of trials" To the extend increased security around air travel deterred anything, it's in the non-airport-screening efforts -- increased/better intelligence is a very plausible source, and the reinforced cockpit doors another.