Airport security in America is a sham - "security theater" The Atlantic

[Pluvious]

November 2008 Atlantic
Airport security in America is a sham—“security theater” designed to make travelers feel better and catch stupid terrorists. Smart ones can get through security with fake boarding passes and all manner of prohibited items—as our correspondent did with ease.

by Jeffrey Goldberg

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200811/airport-security

..."Schnei­er took from his bag a 12-ounce container labeled “saline solution.”

“It’s allowed,” he said. Medical supplies, such as saline solution for contact-lens cleaning, don’t fall under the TSA’s three-ounce rule.

“What’s allowed?” I asked. “Saline solution, or bottles labeled saline solution?”

“Bottles labeled saline solution. They won’t check what’s in it, trust me.”
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An officer asked him why he needed two bottles. “Two eyes,” he said.

He was allowed to keep the bottles.

Even more pathetic was the description of how easy to fly even if one was on the "no-fly" list.

$7 billion a year just to make us feel safe.

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"America is more secure. The world is safer."
-George W. Bush, January 2004

[rsmith6621]

1. All To Fill The Pocketbooks Of Bush/Cheneys....

......friends pocketbooks......That's all.......did you ever notice how quick the new security profile got in to the airports after 9/11?????

[ixion]

2. It doesn't make me feel safer or better... it makes me feel like I'm being processed

at a concentration camp.

It's bogus, uncontitutional and a sham.

[RC]

3. Why after all this time do we still have to take out shoes off?

Even people wearing flip-flops, i.e., shower shoes.

Question: Do they ever clean the carpets in the "Security Check Points"? I don't mean just vacuuming either.

[Pluvious]

4. You absolutely MUST wear socks ! (nm)