To be fair, the TSA security process has always been little more than general purpose policy enforcement in the pursuit of "security theater." When you have 95%

To be fair, the TSA security process has always been little more than general purpose policy enforcement in the pursuit of "security theater." When you have 95% failure rates for DHS penetration tests [1], it's tough to argue that the security provided is anything other than illusory. In that sort of environment, why not chastise flyers over the size of their bags? They're already being chastised over everything else. [1] http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-tsa-screeners-20150602-story.html http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-tsa-screeners-...