Ok, we are at what, 22-2 now? Ping when the number of non-Arab, non-Muslim terrorist acts reaches 22. Besides, since the topic under discussion is TSA, neither McVeigh nor the punk teenager (who expressed Muslim sympathies) is relevant.
I don't think they are just screening for would-be terrorists, but also drug smugglers, art smugglers, etc.
Is that a Renoir in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me? Do you want cops frisking people walking into grocery stores? Smugglers generally don't take domestic flights, and those things have always been screened by customs.
I am not pro-security at all, at least not where TSA-like organizations are concerned. Ninety plus percent of all security is window dressing meant only to secure the feelings of the ignorant.
Everything real and effective is going on under the radar. TSA has a lot more to to with soccer moms than terrorism.
Actually TSA has more to do with imposing even more federal authority in airports. From here they go to Greyhound and Amtrak and from there to the local metro transits...and from there to our highways.
Get ready for a federal authority with a radar gun on the interstate "scanning for terrorists." For us in Atlanta that means in the corridor between the north 120 loop on I75 and I285 we will have Cobb county sheriff, Marietta City police, Georgia State patrol, and soon a federal agent on patrol all competing to issue citations.
All you snowbirds headed for Florida should take note of this corridor. It's a major income source for three agencies at present. And if my prediction of incremental progression is correct, soon to be four.