[driftdiver]

What would Patton do with a guy feeling some other guys crotch just for the heck of it?

I travel A LOT. TSA security is a feel good exercise meant to sell airplane tickets. Anyone with intent could certainly smuggle just about anything on a plane. They MIGHT be stopped about 30% of the time.

Nobody is going to hijack another plane with a boxcutter.

[GailA]

When we flew to Vegas this spring, the girl in the third seat brought out her carry on homemade meal...metal fork included. Went right through the screening process...my bottle of water was found, and went in to the trash when they found found it.

[GILTN1stborn]

I worked for years in a business near TPA and had two regular customers that were TSA employees. Both of these people had mental illness problems of some sort.
At first I figured TSA did not know or care. However, over the years considering these people and many other TSA employees I have observed, I have become convinced that having some sort of mental illness problem or low IQ must be a plus to the hiring process.

[ml/nj]

Nobody is going to hijack another plane with a boxcutter.

Wanna bet? I'll give you 10-1 that I can board my next flight with a dozen of them if I so desire.

ML/NJ

[Drango]

Nobody is going to hijack another plane with a boxcutter

Agreed. But it sure seems like we are going to allow underwear bombers on to the airplanes if we continue to prohibit pat downs. That said, I don't know where the balance is.