But complete randomness in searches makes no sense at all. One of the guys from my reserve unit works as an air marshall and he told me that TSA deliberately 'profiles' people who do not appear to be terrorists in order to avoid the appearance of profiling. It's crazy.
Our gov't is so p.c. that they won't do their primary job, which is to protect their citizens from external attack.
"But complete randomness in searches makes no sense at all."
Dittos to that! I am a 5'0" white woman, and I have had both of my knees replaced. I set off the alarm going through security when I flew to CA a couple of years ago. I had cards from my doctor proving the knee replacement and showed them to the "security" droids. They didn't even look at them, and told me, "Go over there" and proceeded to wand me up one side and down the other, along with a full pat-down. My husband and I are flying on Sept. 1st to Vancouver to go on a long-planned Alaskan cruise (our first ever). I can't wait for what is in store for me now when I set off the alarms. I guess a strip-search so they can see the scars!