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The reason why, as far as the TSA goes, is that the data for the efficacy of their systems is abysmal. Rep. John Mica was quoted as saying, "The failure rate (
by tsaoutourpants 13y ago
The reason why, as far as the TSA goes, is that the data for the efficacy of their systems is abysmal. Rep. John Mica was quoted as saying, "The failure rate (for body scanning equipment) is classified but it would absolutely knock your socks off."
In other words, if the public (and most of Congress -- Mica only knows because he's on the right committee) knew that the TSA misses somewhere in the range of 25% - 75%, depending on the test, of threat items brought through by covert inspectors, it would be obvious (well, more obvious than it already is) that this huge expenditure is an utter waste.