10 percent better!

[mshunter]

Well, at least it's an improvement.


"TSA still fails 80% of the time"

https://www.usnews.com/news/nationa...ost-tests-in-undercover-operation?context=amp

 

[Murdoughnut]

Actually it's 10 percentage points better

#statsgeek

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

"To address these threats the Trump administration must invest innovation security to strengthen TSA effectiveness," Thompson said. "Instead the administration seems hell-bent on squandering billions on a boondoggle border wall that would do nothing to make the nation more secure," Thompson said.




How ironic.... he doesn't see TSA the same way (eg, do nothing to make the nation more secure). TSA nothing more than a security theater, just a show for the general public to make them feel safe. It's not surprising they fail 80% of the time. It's surprising that Congressmen and the general public are shocked to see it do so.

 

[Roger Roger]

Actually it's 10 percentage points better

#statsgeek

I came to this thread to read this.

 

[JordanD]

I'm all for some TSA complaining because they really are laughable sometimes, but I do have to ask what people suggest. Anything that works better is probably going to be far more invasive, and I would seriously doubt, or at least hope, that most of you aren't for the super lax standards we had that led to 9/11 and all kinds of crap before that.

 

[Skåning]

I'm all for some TSA complaining because they really are laughable sometimes, but I do have to ask what people suggest. Anything that works better is probably going to be far more invasive, and I would seriously doubt, or at least hope, that most of you aren't for the super lax standards we had that led to 9/11 and all kinds of crap before that.

What we have NOW it super lax, 8 out of 10 knives can make it through security. That's pathetic.

 

[thegriffinpages]

"To address these threats the Trump administration must invest innovation security to strengthen TSA effectiveness," Thompson said. "Instead the administration seems hell-bent on squandering billions on a boondoggle border wall that would do nothing to make the nation more secure," Thompson said.




How ironic.... he doesn't see TSA the same way (eg, do nothing to make the nation more secure). TSA nothing more than a security theater, just a show for the general public to make them feel safe. It's not surprising they fail 80% of the time. It's surprising that Congressmen and the general public are shocked to see it do so.

The little snippet I saw of the TSA Admin speak was such a f'en cop out. He mentioned the border but you could tell he was just making stuff up as he spoke. That's ok. Everyone knows he's a knucklehead. Even the DFW TSA rep told us so.

 

[thegriffinpages]

What we have NOW it super lax, 8 out of 10 knives can make it through security. That's pathetic.

The security screening methods aren't as cut and dry as most people think.

 

[Richman]

When I was a kid, you just walked out to the airplane.

Assuming you didn't get et by a dinosaur or get trapped in a tar pit.

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

I'm all for some TSA complaining because they really are laughable sometimes, but I do have to ask what people suggest. Anything that works better is probably going to be far more invasive, and I would seriously doubt, or at least hope, that most of you aren't for the super lax standards we had that led to 9/11 and all kinds of crap before that.

Lets be fair: 9/11 hijackers didn't sneak their weapons around security by fooling the system. What they had on person was allowed back in those days.

 

[SlumTodd_Millionaire]

Lets be fair: 9/11 hijackers didn't sneak their weapons around security by fooling the system. What they had on person was allowed back in those days.

Yep. Pre-9/11 I carried a knife on me every flight. I put it right through the machine and nobody ever batted an eye. If I remember right, the limit was 3 inches.

 

[thegriffinpages]

Lets be fair: 9/11 hijackers didn't sneak their weapons around security by fooling the system. What they had on person was allowed back in those days.

Yep. The terrorists adapt and overcome just like we do.

 

[JordanD]

What we have NOW it super lax, 8 out of 10 knives can make it through security. That's pathetic.

It is, but I'd still love to hear solutions. Anything that's actually effective and we'll have to listen to how it's "an invasive violation of civil liberties!" event though air travel isn't a right.

 

[SlumTodd_Millionaire]

It is, but I'd still love to hear solutions. Anything that's actually effective and we'll have to listen to how it's "an invasive violation of civil liberties!" event though air travel isn't a right.

Actually, that's debatable. Plenty of civil rights attorneys will tell you that it falls under the right of freedom of movement.

 

[JordanD]

Actually, that's debatable. Plenty of civil rights attorneys will tell you that it falls under the right of freedom of movement.

Maybe, but my right to not get blown up/stabbed at work trumps how people feel about having to take their shoes off for 5 seconds.

 

[SlumTodd_Millionaire]

Maybe, but my right to not get blown up/stabbed at work trumps how people feel about having to take their shoes off for 5 seconds.

I don't disagree. But I do feel that some things, such as those radiation injection machines, aka body scanners, are going too far.

 

[ppragman]

I don't disagree. But I do feel that some things, such as those radiation injection machines, aka body scanners, are going too far.

I might even argue that if we want to live in a free society it is necessary that we are exposed to some risks.

 

[nibake]

I don't know much about counter-terrorism intelligence, but how much money is spent on TSA screening? What if we took some of that money and invested in the best minds who can prevent terrorism from gaining a foothold in the first place?

 

[Skåning]

What if we took some of that money and invested in the best minds who can prevent terrorism from gaining a foothold in the first place?

Good luck with that, it would mean changing the fundamentals of Islam

 

[nibake]

It just seems like a losing strategy to always be on defense. Next thing you know we will have people driving over people with trucks like they've been doing in Europe. If we can do something to identify the problems with radicalization we will be spending a lot of time and money trying to screen everybody and everything. I mean, we could always employ a super-AI to watch everyone and identify terrorist threats...