Comments on: TSA Relaxes Airport Security Rules

By: The Astute Blogger

The Astute Blogger — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 23:17:04 +0000

TSA Tells Jihadoterrorists How to Get on Planes

By: Attila Girl

Attila Girl — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 21:31:29 +0000

I'm curious about how much space these explosives take up.

It seems that part of the problem is just that there haven't been screens around the area where this takes place. After all, many of us are used to having our boobs manipulated, from all the mammograms (and I doubt that the breasts are actually squished during an airport search).

By: DC Loser

DC Loser — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 20:59:51 +0000

I've always thought the "Archie Bunker anti-hijacking plan" was simple and effective. Just give everyone on the plane a gun, and the first person to start anything will be shot by the rest of the plane :)

By: denise

denise — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 18:08:10 +0000

My brother is home from Indiana. Fortunately his flight to KC was yesterday. Missed the delays entirely.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:16:15 +0000

If the TSA would look for terrorists instead of weapons the whole charade would be a lot more effective.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 16:49:34 +0000

Dave,

Right. Not many of us object to probable cause--or, hell, reasonable suspicion--searches. But simply groping granny isn't doing anything to enhance security.

By: Dave Schuler

Dave Schuler — Thu, 23 Dec 2004 16:47:34 +0000

The two Russian civilian aircraft that were brought down by terrorist attack were apparently brought donw by women suicide attackers. It's possible they were carrying explosives in highly unconventional places.

Either we're serious about air travel security or we're not. My take: the American people have correctly determined that on the scale of effectiveness intrusive body searches are not very likely to make us much safer. Is there really any reason to believe that any level of homefront target-hardening will really make us much safer? A forward strategy is the only one that will really work and the only one that we'll put up with. As Michael Ledeen say, faster please.