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TSA idiocy

2014-01-31 18:01:43.458976+00 by Dan Lyke 1 comments

Politico Magazine: TSA Screener Confession.

We quickly found out the trainer was not kidding: Officers discovered that the machines were good at detecting just about everything besides cleverly hidden explosives and guns. The only thing more absurd than how poorly the full-body scanners performed was the incredible amount of time the machines wasted for everyone.

And more. Worth a read if your blood pressure isn't already elevated over the idiocy that is the TSA and the security theater that we're wasting billions of dollars on.

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#Comment Re: made: 2014-01-31 20:25:41.441653+00 by: Dan Lyke

The MeFi thread.