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<blockquote data-quote="Catt57" data-source="post: 3139621" data-attributes="member: 34578"><p>TSA is nothing more than "<strong>security theater</strong>". </p><p></p><p>------------------------------------</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2010/11/does_the_tsa_ever_catch_terrorists.html" target="_blank">http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2010/11/does_the_tsa_ever_catch_terrorists.html</a></p><p></p><p><em>The aforementioned "behavioral detection program," also known as SPOT (Screening of Passengers by Observational Techniques), has been one of the TSA's most roundly criticized initiatives. In May, the Government Accountability Office <a href="http://consumertraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/440715-SPOT-PUBLIC-REPORT1.pdf" target="_blank">released a report</a> noting that SPOT's annual cost is more than $200 million and that as of March 2010 some 3,000 behavior detection officers were deployed at 161 airports but had <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/19/eveningnews/main6500349.shtml" target="_blank">not apprehended a single terrorist</a>. (Hundreds of illegal aliens and drug smugglers, however, were arrested due to the program between 2004 and 2008.) What's more, the GAO noted that at least 16 individuals later accused of involvement in terrorist plots flew 23 different times through U.S. airports since 2004, but TSA behavior-detection officers didn't sniff out any of them.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>-----------------------------------</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><a href="https://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2017/07/03/new-test-tsa-still-failing-detect-95-threats/" target="_blank">https://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2017/07/03/new-test-tsa-still-failing-detect-95-threats/</a></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>The TSA has failed to meaningfully detect dangerous items going through the checkpoint for years. Two years ago their disclosed <a href="http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2015/06/03/how-airport-security-will-change-after-revelations-the-tsa-doesnt-actually-stop-bombs-or-weapons/" target="_blank">95% failure rate</a> seemed shocking and surprising to many but is hardly new, ten years ago <a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/airport-screeners-fail-to-see-most-test-bombs/" target="_blank">they had a 91% failure rate</a>.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Catt57, post: 3139621, member: 34578"] TSA is nothing more than "[B]security theater[/B]". ------------------------------------ [URL]http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2010/11/does_the_tsa_ever_catch_terrorists.html[/URL] [I]The aforementioned "behavioral detection program," also known as SPOT (Screening of Passengers by Observational Techniques), has been one of the TSA's most roundly criticized initiatives. In May, the Government Accountability Office [URL='http://consumertraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/440715-SPOT-PUBLIC-REPORT1.pdf']released a report[/URL] noting that SPOT's annual cost is more than $200 million and that as of March 2010 some 3,000 behavior detection officers were deployed at 161 airports but had [URL='http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/19/eveningnews/main6500349.shtml']not apprehended a single terrorist[/URL]. (Hundreds of illegal aliens and drug smugglers, however, were arrested due to the program between 2004 and 2008.) What's more, the GAO noted that at least 16 individuals later accused of involvement in terrorist plots flew 23 different times through U.S. airports since 2004, but TSA behavior-detection officers didn't sniff out any of them. ----------------------------------- [URL]https://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2017/07/03/new-test-tsa-still-failing-detect-95-threats/[/URL] The TSA has failed to meaningfully detect dangerous items going through the checkpoint for years. Two years ago their disclosed [URL='http://viewfromthewing.boardingarea.com/2015/06/03/how-airport-security-will-change-after-revelations-the-tsa-doesnt-actually-stop-bombs-or-weapons/']95% failure rate[/URL] seemed shocking and surprising to many but is hardly new, ten years ago [URL='http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/airport-screeners-fail-to-see-most-test-bombs/']they had a 91% failure rate[/URL].[/I] [/QUOTE]
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