The security screening process at the nation’s airports has been the source of heated debate since the federal government took it over following the Sept. 11 terrorists attacks. Privacy advocates have criticized the use of pat-down searches and some healthcare officials have questioned full-body scanners. But federal officials argue that the nation’s air transport system may still be a target for terrorists.
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While this is slowly getting better, the article should have included the fact many security experts point out most of the exercise and delay is "security theater" primarily to make passengers think government is making travel safer rather than adding substantial safety. There has been a dramatic increase in theft and loss of valuables due to this security theater not to mention higher costs to all Americans.
fisher1949 at 5:04 PM December 02, 2012
Why does LA Times repeat TSA propaganda in the form of a quiz.
For the record, no one knows how much x-ray radiations emit because no independent laboratory has been allowed to test them.
the TSA BDO is "suppposed" to detect unusual actitvities among passengers passing through security but has only been linked to racial prifiling in the three airports that it is in practice, Honolulu, Boston and Newark. There is no evidence that this junk science works and it has been widely criticized by security experts.
The quiz fails to note that the guns found each week are found on the x-ray belt, not by groping passengers and doing dangerous naked scans of their children. These are the same x-ray belts in use prior to the formation of TSA.
The test failed to ask how many terrorist suspects or plots have been stopped by TSA after $80 billion in funding. That answerr would be zero.
The quiz also didn't ask how many TSA workers were arrested for child sex crimes in the past two years. The correct answer is 15.
Brainwashed_at_church at 6:34 AM November 14, 2012
True or False: Mixed drinks like a vodka and orange juice on an airplane cost around $7.
True or False: Orange juice is free on an airplane.
True or False: It is legal to carry those little one ounce unopened bottles of vodka through TSA security as long as the bottles fit in a one quart zip lock.
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