Does Airport Security Really Make Us Safer?<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHeaps of federal money, endless bureaucracy, and constant travel delays are the most visible by-products of the Transportation Security Administration. Too bad \u201cincreased safety\u201d doesn\u2019t fit on that l…\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nothing new in the Vanity Fair article below, but a great reminder of the inconvenience and general worthlessness of most of the "security theater" we see at the airport. The other aspect not talked about is the self-perpetuation of such a security regime. Who are the experts who will make the decision of what ensures … Continue reading “I feel safer!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,17,26],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-24785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-homeland-security","category-travel","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27126,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/16\/tsa-solves-the-dont-you-know-who-i-am-problem.html","url_meta":{"origin":24785,"position":0},"title":"TSA solves the "Don't you know who I am?!" problem","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 16-Mar-12 12:27pm","format":false,"excerpt":"By letting big business frequent fliers with Amex platinum cards and $100 opt out of most of the security line folderol. 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Al-Qaeda fashionistas don't stand a chance!\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24731,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/21\/step-away-from-the-jam.html","url_meta":{"origin":24785,"position":3},"title":"Step … away … from the jam","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 21-Dec-11 3:10pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Yes, I feel much safer knowing that, instead of being on my plane, that Potentially Explosive Jam is sitting in a trash bin by the security line with all the other Potentially Explosive Items. 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