“Equally clearly, in this case, public whistleblowing is appropriate. “
And having made it public, who’s going to take action first? Not the TSA or the airport, we’ve seen that. Now many, many more people know about it.
It is entirely unnecessary from Al Qaeda's point of view to damage one more aircraft.
All they need to is show a new failed "tactic" every year or two, so that the TSA adds another thick, complex coat of icing to the rococo wedding cake of "security procedures".
The cost, in dollars, productivity, and liberty lost, of Security Theater's ten-year run on the American stage has succeeded beyond the terrorists' wildest dreams.