[Vigilanteman]

From what I've seen of TSA, which is mostly good local people at Pittsburgh airport, they are well-trained in profiling "stuff", not people. And Pittsburgh is actually one of the better airports in the country, far ahead of places like Philadelphia, Detroit or Minneapolis where Muslims make up an inordinate share of the TSA screeners.

I'm far less worried about the grandma carrying knitting needles or an extra ounce of hair conditioner in her carry-on than the loser who recently converted to Islam and wants to kill me and my fellow passengers.

But ask yourself which one is more likely to be intercepted by TSA and you have your real measure of what the agency is really worth.

[BigKahuna]

“I’m far less worried about the grandma carrying knitting needles or an extra ounce of hair conditioner in her carry-on than the loser who recently converted to Islam and wants to kill me and my fellow passengers.

But ask yourself which one is more likely to be intercepted by TSA and you have your real measure of what the agency is really worth.”

A couple years ago, I think it was GAO inspectors that successfully snuck fake guns, knives and explosives through TSA checkpoints at Mini-Hopeless (Minneapolis) on something like 13 out of 15 attempts. That’s crazy.

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I'm far less worried about the grandma carrying knitting needles

Aren't you worried she'll knit an Afghan?

[9YearLurker]

They are expressly trained not to profile people.