Bruce Schneier talks sense on the TSA and airport security. After recent reports that the TSA missed 96% of Red Team attempts to smuggle simulated guns and bombs through the check points many are asking why we even have a TSA. As one Israeli wag1 quipped about the TSA, “This is not an airline security system, this is a system for bothering people.”
Last year, Americans spent seven billion dollars on the TSA, apparently for little benefit. We didn’t get improved security, just increased inconvenience and annoyance. Schneier has some thoughts on why, despite the TSA’s dismal performance, we haven’t seen any successful attacks since 9/11 and how we can better use that $7 billion to make flying and other routine activities safer.
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A former head of security for El Al.