[ RadSafe ] TSA all for show

[Steven Dapra]

Nov. 26

         Has any of the snooping and thuggish behavior by the TSA 
goon squads caught so much as one "terrorist"?  Seems to me that all 
they do is steal fingernail clippers and half empty tubes of toothpaste.

Steven Dapra



At 05:35 PM 11/26/2010, you wrote:
>When that Israeli comparison is voiced I keep waiting for someone to mention
>that the whole country contains less than 7.5 million people.  We have more
>people in one city.
>
>One of our major airports flies more than the whole country of Israel. The
>comparison means little.
>
>People need to get over it and walk through the (place your favorite deity
>here) damn scanners.
>
>Larry Addis, RSO
>Clemson U.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu
>[mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Joel C.
>Sent: Friday, November 26, 2010 2:18 PM
>To: radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu
>Subject: [ RadSafe ] TSA all for show
>
>The bottom line, for me, is that the backscatter x-ray scans offer very
>little improvement over metal detectors.  They can detect largish objects,
>like guns/knives, same as a metal detector.  They can also detect ceramic
>knives.  Can you spell cost-benefit?
>
>The whole approach of hand screening every child and grandma at the airport
>is doomed to fail.  When you know the screening methods ahead of time, you
>can figure out how to defeat them.  That's why TSA is always ramping up the
>screening--it always fails eventually.  Next will be body cavity searches.
>
>The Israeli system is far superior.  They observe cars approaching the
>airport, when they park, when people get on buses,etc.  Those deemed
>suspicious get further screening.  Kids and grandmas don't have to be
>groped.  I'm afraid the TSA is yet another example of ineffective goverment.
>
>Joel
>joelc at alum.wpi.edu