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Correct, but I think the general escalation of security in airports which caught Richard Reid, was a direct response to 9/11 . Either Way, it is still mainly se
by leecarraher 5y ago
Correct, but I think the general escalation of security in airports which caught Richard Reid, was a direct response to 9/11 . Either Way, it is still mainly security theater to make passengers less apprehensive about taking what is still the safest mode of travel per passenger mile( there might be other metrics, but this is the only one I've read recently).
- chrisseaton 5y ago> Correct, but I think the general escalation of security in airports which caught the Richard Reid Eh? But he wasn't caught due to airport security. He got onto the plane and tried to set off the bomb during the flight. He would have been caught if someone had looked at his shoes.
- mywittyname 5y agoBut if he knew they were checking shoes at airport security, then he probably would have put it somewhere else.
- chrisseaton 5y agoWell isn't that the reason for it? Deny an avenue of attack so they to use another less effective option? But anyway - the point was 'general escalation of security in airports which caught the Richard Reid' is a provably false statement.
- dylan604 5y agoWhat like his underwear? And now we get to go through full body scanners without our shoes. You're much more likely to be able sneak a firearm through than an explosive device now.
- dustintrex 5y agoLet's all be grateful this dude didn't try to pull his underwear bomb stunt on an airplane. http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/30/saudi.arabia.attack/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/30/saudi.arabia.a...
- frickinLasers 5y agoDo you mean like this other guy did? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umar_Farouk_Abdulmutallab https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umar_Farouk_Abdulmutallab
- xadhominemx 5y agoWhere?
- Supermancho 5y ago> Where? Are you familiar with any recent bomber story at all? All he needed was some matches and a small amount of plastique. Someone put an incendiary in his underwear. There are tons of possibilities. If you can't name 3 ways other than shoes and underwear, you might be in the group that thinks the TSA is fine.
- xadhominemx 5y agoThey scan your body for bulky objects under clothing and X-ray luggage. Shoes are the only other location to hide an explosive device.
- throaway46546 5y agoHow do they get cellphones into prison?
- xadhominemx 5y agoMostly guards smuggling them in
- throaway46546 5y agoYes, but I think you get where I am coming from.
- conductr 5y ago> mainly security theater I have often noticed policies are different at each airport. Combined with the shoe/belt/imaging policies, I believe it's meant to be a form of confusion. As in, any given security policy/process can be studied for weaknesses. When the policies are differing/changing there is a component of surprise the attacker has to account for that can be difficult to game. However, this is all in my head as I try to understand my observations. Hoping it's all being done intentionally, when chances are it's just local level enforcement picking and choosing what ever they want to enforce any given day depending on who is in charge on that shift.
- jdavis703 5y agoEver since the pandemic I seem to have been shadow banned from PreCheck, and reading their FAQ the TSA is quite clear they deliberately randomize security, even to the point that getting a PreCheck on the boarding pass isn’t guaranteed.
- dawnerd 5y agoIt’s so hard to prove either way if TSA/etc are effective. We can count how many people they stop but there’s no way of knowing how many were just scared away.