It is to present security theatre as a means of providing government jobs to favored groups and government contracts to well-connected donors.
Once you understand that, everything they do makes perfect sense.
“You have to keep in mind that the object of the TSA isn’t to achieve air travel security.”
I believe the object of the TSA is employ the otherwise unemployable.
At the Office Of The Aging in my mother’s county in NY, the receptionist told me they aren’t there to help the elderly. She told me outright that the department exists to employ people.
You have to keep in mind that the object of the TSA isn’t to achieve air travel security.
It is to present security theatre as a means of providing government jobs to favored groups and government contracts to well-connected donors.
Once you understand that, everything they do makes perfect sense.
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I agree 100%
I differentiate between security and safety.
Security is controlling you.
Safety is helping you be safe.