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Originally Posted by Sidd Finch
Eventually, that got worked out in a way that imposes relatively little hassle for (hopefully) substantially improved security.
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You really buy that part in bold?
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The TSA has to balance privacy and security, plus other interests like cost.
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Not to mention justifying its own existence.
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If anyone thinks that they could develop policies that score perfectly on both competing concerns, well, that's probably the same person who thinks that he can eliminate the deficit solely by cutting waste, fraud, and abuse.
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TSA's task isn't easy, but it has pretty powerful incentives to err on the side of safety/security, which, in my view, is why it has been so hopelessly reactive and so unwilling to let go of very silly procedures with very minimal safety benefits (see, most notably, the continued shoe farce that happens only in this country).
