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> First, the TSA itself has admitted that there is no evidence of terrorist plots against aviation in the US[0]. This is like saying that we're seeing fewer an
by laureny 13y ago
> First, the TSA itself has admitted that there is no evidence of terrorist plots against aviation in the US[0].
This is like saying that we're seeing fewer and fewer occurrences of tuberculosis, therefore TB vaccines are useless.
- cheeseprocedure 13y agoThat comparison is valid only if you have data demonstrating that the TSA has successfully deterred/foiled aviation terror plots. If you have that data (which I'd love to see), there are still powerful arguments that TSA funding would have been better spent in many other ways (better training budgets for security/investigative personnel, more "soft" layers at airports, fewer kneejerk infrastructure upgrades).