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If it's so obvious, then why didn't this happen on 9/11? Edit: I'm aware that the TSA was created after 9/11. The point I'm making is that it's possible they w
by StableAlkyne 3y ago
If it's so obvious, then why didn't this happen on 9/11?
Edit: I'm aware that the TSA was created after 9/11. The point I'm making is that it's possible they were able to bring weapons aboard to hijack the planes because security was so lax.
- wrs 3y agoSecurity checkpoints weren’t crowded before 9/11 because it didn’t take 15 minutes to get through security. I guess this is becoming lost ancient history. There was no ID check. There wasn’t even a boarding pass check — you routinely accompanied departing friends to their gate to see them off. There was none of this shoes off, no liquids, laptop out of the bag, just an x-ray and a metal detector. The threat model before 9/11 was hijacking, not suicide bombers.
- noirbot 3y agoBecause a hour-long security line is something that happened after? IIRC there actually was a terrorist attack on a TSA line in the early 2000s.
- bediger4000 3y agoYes, that's why we couldn't bring more than 4 ounces of liquid on planes. The theatre about liquids did nothing to address the problems revealed by that attack.
- CrazyStat 3y agoThere weren’t crowded security checkpoints on 9/11.