Re: big hit on US coming?

[Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu]

On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:01:37 +0200, Imri Goldberg said:
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 11:17 PM, <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
> > Heard on Keith Olbermann's show on MSNBC last night:
> >
> > "If a terrorist has gotten as  far as the security line in an airport, he's
> > gotten past the NSA, CIA,  FBI, MI-6 and Mosad.  What makes you think that
> > a
> > high-school drop-out  in a blue shirt is going to catch him?"
> Because he's actually there.

Tell it to Adam Savage.

http://gizmodo.com/5697222/adam-savage-mythbusting-airport-security-wtf-tsa

Also, if you actually *read* that Wikipedia article, it appears that it was a
near-total disaster on the Israeli side, and they only got lucky and one
soldier actually got it right.

Now, compare the training level of the average Israeli soldier, and the average
TSA employee, and ask if we *really* want to rely on the TSA doing even as well
as than the poor showing the Israelis did that night...

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