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People have forgotten guns and knives in their luggage that TSA has confiscated, and TSA proudly advertises those numbers. What is noticeably absent is informat
by anubisresources 10y ago
People have forgotten guns and knives in their luggage that TSA has confiscated, and TSA proudly advertises those numbers. What is noticeably absent is information about any attacks TSA has thwarted. Of course it's possible some attacks have been prevented by deterrence but I doubt that as TSA has a 95℅ failure rate detecting explosives and other weapons[1].
[1] http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/investigation-breaches-us-airports-allowed-weapons-through-n367851 http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/investigation-breaches-u...
Slate has another article from 2010 you might enjoy http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2010/11/does_the_tsa_ever_catch_terrorists.html http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/20...
- 15thandwhatever 10y agoI don't get why we hold TSA to a higher standard than what they are: security guards. Security guards don't go trumpeting how many bank robberies they've thwarted, because they simply don't know. However, they will tell you about all the contraband they've confiscated simply because that's measurable.
- huffmsa 10y agoThe TSA has to justify its obscene budget and perpetual scandal. Their justification is that they stop hundreds of bits of contraband (of which they control the definition) daily in the ongoing war on terror.