So the question is, as with the border, if it's not locked down everywhere, then what good is pat-downs in some places?
The terrorists will just go to the TSA website and drive to a "no-scanner-yet" airport.
Then fly to JFK or wherever and voila: 911,000! (Team America Reference...)
Q. Where are imaging technology machines located? A. Currently, there are 385 advanced imaging technology machines located at 68 airports nationwide. Airports that have the technology include the following. Airports who currently have imaging technology: Albuquerque International Sunport Airport Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport Boston Logan International Bush Houston Interncontinental Airport Boise Airport Bradley International Airport Brownsville Buffalo Niagara International Airport Charlotte Douglas International Chicago O'Hare International Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Cleveland International Airport Corpus Christie Airport Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Denver International Airport Detroit Metro Airport Dulles International Airport El Paso International Airport Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Fort Wayne International Airport Fresno Airport Gulfport International Airport Grand Rapids Airport Harrisburg International Airport Harlingen/Valley International Airport Honolulu International Airport Indianapolis International Airport Jacksonville International Airport John F. Kennedy International Airport Kansas City International LaGuardia International Airport Lambert/St. Louis International Airport Laredo International Airport Lihue Airport Los Angeles International Luis Munoz Marin International Airport McAllen Miller Airport McCarran International Airport Memphis International Airport Miami International Airport General Mitchell Milwaukee International Airport Mineta San José International Minneapolis/St.Paul International Airport Nashville International Airport Newark Liberty International Airport Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport Oakland International Airport Omaha Eppley Field Airport Orlando International Airport Palm Beach International Airport Philadelphia International Airport Phoenix International Airport Pittsburgh International Airport Port Columbus International Raleigh-Durham International Airport Richmond International Airport Rochester International Airport Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Salt Lake City International Airport San Antonio International Airport San Diego International Airport San Francisco International Airport Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Spokane International Airport T.F. Green Airport Tampa International Airport Tulsa International Airport Airports receiving imaging technology soon: Chicago Midway International Airport Houston William P. Hobby Airport Saipan International Airport Q. Where else is advanced imaging technology used? A. Domestic locations: Colorado Springs Court House (CO ) Cook County Court House (IL) Department of Corrections facility (PA) Douglas County Colorado Justice Center Montana State Prison Utah State Correctional Facility International locations: Advanced imaging technology is used in hundreds of locations around the world in aviation and mass transit environments, including Canada, France, the Netherlands, Nigeria and the United Kingdom. If you need additional information, please e-mail the TSA Contact Center at TSA-ContactCenter@dhs.gov.
The Times Square Bomber is a good case. Hasan is another.
That’s exactly what I said earlier. Only a small percentage of folks go through enhanced screening, even in the places where the machines are. The rest get regular metal detectors.
It never was about “security”. If it was they would be profiling muslims in general and muslim men in particular. Israel has it right and they are not into zero-tolerance, mind-numbing, no common sense PC treating ALL passengers like they could be terrorists. Nope they already know the profile, and so do we. We don’t have the balls to put REAL safety measures in place.