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There was plenty sufficient airport security 10 years ago. The airlines and airports were perfectly capable of handling it then just as they are now.

• gcv 16y ago
  Far be it from me to defend the TSA (its behavior and policies are outrageous), but your comment is simply wrong. Before September 11th, private companies handled airport security. After September 11th, airlines and airports were heavily criticized for relying on inadequately trained, low-paid employees for something as essential as security. Everyone in the world agreed that a federal agency must step in to do a better job, and the TSA is the result.
  • graywh 16y ago
    And now we criticize the TSA for using "inadequately trained, low-paid employees for something as essential as security."
  • redrobot5050 16y ago
    >After September 11th, airlines and airports were heavily criticized for relying on inadequately trained, low-paid employees for something as essential as security Pro-tip: The same poorly trained, low-paid employees are now federal TSA goons. >Everyone in the world agreed that a federal agency must step in to do a better job, and the TSA is the result. Clearly, everyone in the world was overreacting to 9/11, and made poor, rash decisions. I'm sure many libertarians felt that despite 9/11, they would feel much safer having airport security handled by airlines, and not a bureaucratic organization that has yet to catch any terrorists in the act, or foil any terrorist plots.
• epo 16y ago
  That is simply nonsense, 10 years there was little practical security on domestic US flights. That was the soft underbelly that the 9/11 hijackers exploited. Security on international flights was also lacking compared to e.g. the UK. The TSA is a hysterical over-reaction.
  • zcid 16y ago
    The only true improvement I've seen are the reinforced cockpit doors. Everything else is just a smokescreen.