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  That Anonymous Coward (profile), 8 May 2012 @ 4:44pm

  
  

  In other shocking news...
  Water wet.
  Snow cold.
  
  TSA admits nothing until its proven to be lying several times.
  
  Is it time we, I dunno, sue the shit out of the lobbyist ne congresscritter who sold us this ton of worthless tech?
  They promised it could do the job, and it can't.
  We can't even be sure its actually safe to be near let alone inside.
  Fighting terrorism and stuff good, throwing snake oil on the fire bad.

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    DOlz, 8 May 2012 @ 6:47pm

    
    

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    You forgot the most shocking news, that there is gambling at Rick's Café Américain.

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  Anonymous Coward, 8 May 2012 @ 5:01pm

  
  

  At least it's effective at killing insulin pumps

  As seen on slashdot earlier:
  
  http://www.abc4.com/content/news/state/story/TSA-diabetes-salt-lake-insulin-savannah/Az- QjubuEUeXMX7LAbC1Xw.cspx
  
  Apparently these machines, while failing to locate certain items, are pretty effective at breaking mission-critical medical equipment.
  
  Even though I don't use any such medical devices, I feel better knowing that I have opted out almost every time they tried to push me through that cattle-gate - opting instead for some sweaty dude to rub his hands all over my body - and I fly several times a month.

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  Anonymous Coward, 8 May 2012 @ 5:46pm

  
  

  So the TSA screening options are still irradiation or groping to the point where I "know" the sexual orientation of the TSA groper.
  
  Thanks I think I'll drive.

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  abc gum, 8 May 2012 @ 6:43pm

  
  

  What happens when you tell the Emperor that he has no clothes?

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    Torg (profile), 8 May 2012 @ 9:33pm

    
    

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    You get arrested for showing naked emperors to children.

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  jakerome (profile), 8 May 2012 @ 7:45pm

  
  

  One Paragraph!

  All hail the return of the one paragraph blog post!

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  WysiWyg (profile), 9 May 2012 @ 12:50am

  
  

  I've been thinking.

  A lot of people claim that the purpose of "security theater" is to give politician a chance to say "we're doing something to keep you safe". I think the purpose is the complete opposite, not to make you feel safer but to remind you that there are bad people out there (somewhere, probably, maybe) that want to kill you. And child-predators.

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  Anonymous Coward, 9 May 2012 @ 6:21am

  
  

  The TSA is a mess. They have too many rules to follow and majority of the TSA agents are confused.

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  PlagueSD (profile), 9 May 2012 @ 8:24am

  
  

  It's just that now, as the vulnerabilities are finally getting press attention, that the TSA starts to pretend to take these things seriously, rather than admitting the truth: they're there for show more than anything else.

  
  
  What part of "theatre" do you not understand in "Security Theatre". Last I checked, we go to the "theatre" for entertainment...

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