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Former TSA Chief: Allow Weapons on Planes

georgerdavis Wrote: Apr 15, 2012 8:30 AM
"No security agency on earth has the experience and pattern-recognition skills of TSA officers." I disagree. Israel does. They profile.
TelePrompterLess Wrote: Apr 15, 2012 9:08 AM
Based on what I've seen, few TSA agents could detect flies in a pile of dung
TelePrompterLess Wrote: Apr 15, 2012 9:08 AM
Based on what I've seen, few TSA agents could detect flies in a pile of dung

In a Wall Street Journal op/ed today, Kip Hawley, former head of the Transportation Security Administration from 2005-2009, has some radical suggestions for how to increase airport safety -- and they're in direct opposition to everything we do now.

He argues that the TSA needs to embrace two basic principles before it can make any significant improvements in both travel security and convenience.

First, the TSA's mission is to prevent a catastrophic attack on the transportation system, not to ensure that every single passenger can avoid harm while traveling. Much of the friction in the system...

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