Your last quip seems minor but I personally think it's a huge driver for all this. "Security" is a huge pork barrel for a large number of contractors and equipm

Your last quip seems minor but I personally think it's a huge driver for all this. "Security" is a huge pork barrel for a large number of contractors and equipment vendors. A lot of it is basically snake oil but that doesn't matter. Getting money out of the government piñata is the goal, not actual security.