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I feel this quote hits on a nerve - what's more important than the actual safety is the perceived feeling of safety. For all the TSA shoe removal and bottled w
by rkachowski 6y ago
I feel this quote hits on a nerve - what's more important than the actual safety is the perceived feeling of safety.
For all the TSA shoe removal and bottled water prohibition, they couldn't prevent someone living undetected in a restricted area of an airport for 3 months. It's almost 20 years since 9/11 and there is still this ineffective security theatre.
- howlgarnish 6y agoBut what's the risk to having someone live for three months in an airport? He's gone through the same TSA security as everybody else.
- tinus_hn 6y agoHe could have fashioned any old popsicle into a shiv!
- rkachowski 6y agoAside from the fact that screening methods have shown to be woefully ineffective at removing restricted items and weapons, I understood "secure area" as within the protected internal airport employee / admin part of the airport. The guy himself just chilling there isn't a risk, but the fact that an arbitrary person was able to do that in such a high security environment is the real problem.