America’s Security Facade

Understanding The Threat ^ | 5 May 16 | John Guandolo

[LSUfan]

Travelers using U.S. airports are familiar with long lines due to TSA checkpoints, and recent reports indicate lines will get longer in the near future because of new TSA screening procedures, fewer TSA officers and other related issues.

Yet, America is no safer since 9/11 because the federal government has thrown bureaucracy at the threat and entrusted our enemy inside our security perimeter instead of understanding the threat and dealing with it.

Former Director of Central Intelligence R. James Woolsey tells the story of being in Israel and speaking with the Director of Security for Ben Gurion Airport. When Mr. Woolsey asked him what he thought the difference is between the way the Israelis and Americans handle security at airports the Israeli replied: “We are actually trying to catch terrorists.”

[Jack Hammer]

‘Yet, America is no safer since 9/11 because the federal government has thrown bureaucracy at the threat..’

The author clearly doesn’t understand the US government - throwing bureaucracy at something is all they ever do.

[ClearCase_guy]

As far as government IT networks are concerned, all you have to do is look at Hillary’s disregard of national security — no one really cares. Our sensitive data is not secure. We have an enormous bureaucracy which greatly increases inconvenience. But it does little to increase security.

[Robert DeLong]

TSA is one of the big reasons I will not take a plane anymore.

[faithhopecharity]

we stopped flying as soon as an obviously IQ-deprived ‘civil serfvant’ stopped someone (with lots of loud alarms, bells, and whistles) for a little bottle of blueberry jam

the airport BS needs to stop. how long are the American people going to put up with this incompetent krap, anyway?

[monkeyshine]

With these ridiculously long TSA lines all some terrorist has to do is get half way through the line before blowing himself to smithereens. This would cause as much devastation, terror, and disruption to the air travel system as hijacking a plane would. TSA can’t prevent it because it all happens outside the secure areas, and TSA’s ineptitude and inefficiencies turn a hard target into a soft target.

And its not like they don’t know about it. Terrorists have many times already attacked passengers in the ticketing areas. Packing hundreds of people and families into dense lines only makes it a richer target.

[monkeyshine]

If only 1 in 20 passengers opted out of the scanners and demanded to be screened personally, the entire system would become overwhelmed.

[nascarnation]

Actually that would more likely result in a hiring spree at TSA.

[gibsosa]

Same here...