I forgot who first said it but the TSA is what you get when you pay people to use their reptile brains (the part of the brain that mindless reacts to fear). Th

I forgot who first said it but the TSA is what you get when you pay people to use their reptile brains (the part of the brain that mindless reacts to fear). The things that REALLY keep us safe are pro-active investigations that take place invisibly and silently long before a terrorist gets to the airport. What happens at the airport, as Bruce Schneier once said, is "security theater." It is an act that makes it seem as though something is being done. It sounds ridiculous, but this is what makes it possible for many people to convince themselves to continue to fly.