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Serious Abuse of a Patient by TSA

This sort of abuse is much more likely in a corrupt system like the TSA, which has no real useful purpose. The best solution is to privatize airline security and then people will have a choice to avoid systems that produce outcomes like this. http://wreg.com/2016/06/30/disabled-st-jude-patient-sues-airport-and-tsa-after-bloody-scuffle-with-airport-police/

Widening security perimeters won’t improve airport security.

Opinion page at CNN on why including even more areas at the airport after TSA security won’t improve security. widen-perimeters-of-airport-security-opinion Unfortunately, the attacks in Brussels demonstrated a point we have often made — the long lines to check through TSA are actually an attractive target for attacks. This is one of the ways that the…

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Spending more time and lengthening lines won’t help

In light of their dismal performance in identifying contraband, the TSA has now lengthened waiting lines even further: Lines at TSA Checkpoints Getting Longer. Unfortunately, given the extremely rare nature of terrorists attacks on airlines and the limits on possible effectiveness of these types of searches, mass screening of innocent travelers can never work. It…

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What tends to actually happen when a bomb explodes on a plane.

While bombs exploding on planes are potentially disastrous, they often don’t end in complete disaster. More frequently, they result in significant damage to the plane and perhaps the person carrying the bomb being killed. This was illustrated recently by the bombing in Mogadishu. Pilot recounts blast on jet. The implication for airline security is again…

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