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> The amount of airplane hijackings has reduced to zero in the United States since the creation of the TSA I would disagree. The TSA has actually let two terro
by gregmac 10y ago
> The amount of airplane hijackings has reduced to zero in the United States since the creation of the TSA
I would disagree. The TSA has actually let two terrorists on planes, namely, the 'shoe bomber' [1] and the 'underwear bomber' [2]. Both got on the plane and actually triggered their respective devices, so aside from their actual security purpose failing their deterrent effect did not work either.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_failed_shoe_bomb_attempt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_failed_shoe_bomb_attempt
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Airlines_Flight_253 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Airlines_Flight_253