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Seems ridiculous to me that still, 22 years later, a single failed shoe bomber still forced us all collectively to have to take off our shoes at the security ch
by wildrhythms 3y ago
Seems ridiculous to me that still, 22 years later, a single failed shoe bomber still forced us all collectively to have to take off our shoes at the security check. But only for flights in America! This is just one scene of the stupid security theatre we are subjected to. By the way, a DHS report from 2015 found that TSA fails to detect threats 95% of the time.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/exclusive-undercover-dhs-tests-find-widespread-security-failures/story?id=31434881 https://abcnews.go.com/US/exclusive-undercover-dhs-tests-fin...
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- coldcode 3y agoThe security folks I dealt with in London recently laughed at the TSA because of this.
- inversetelecine 3y agoFear is a powerful tool. "Fear is the mind-killer."
- soupfordummies 3y agoThe "conspiracy theory" take is that the failed shoe bomber was just an excuse to ratchet down the controls and normalize it. Boiling the frog. I've also heard the even more plausible theory that TSA is just a jobs program anyway so that's another reason to "sell" its existence.