Airport Security, while a hot topic, is somewhat misleading. Much in the same way that locks keep honest people honest rather than bad people out, security is mostly a dog and pony show that keeps honest people honest.
As we've seen over the past few years, those that "need" to smuggle something onto a plane will. Contraband will find it's way into the air.
Our current issues are less about security than about promoting agendas. Molesting children is not something that TSA or any government agency should be involved in. Should they choose to become involved in such activities, they should not be allowed a free pass from recourse by the American people.
Random searches are little more than an inconvenience to terrorists and smuggler. At the same time, they are a violation to honest citizens they "intend" to protect. For years, smugglers have abdicated the danger of being caught to 3rd party mules. Terrorists have utilized indoctrinated suicide bombers or zealots willing to get caught.
Smuggling something through security has always been a law of numbers. Even when you ignore the corruption factor (getting people/items on planes with a complete bypass of all security), If there is a random search, and only 1 in 20 people are selected, the smuggler instantly has 95% chance to get through without being checked. In short, random screenings keep honest people honest. Since the screenings are necessitated by the dishonest, security must address that factor directly.
If we seriously want to get people from point A to point B with 99% assurance of security, we must immediately implement the following:
1. Baggage and Cargo of any kinda cannot be permitted on the same plane as human beings.
2. At the security checkpoint, ALL people must remove all clothing and have it placed in a shipping container to arrive at the same destination before the travelers arrive.
3. The naked people must then be examined fully before being chained together like cattle.
This would eliminate human cargo being exposed to explosives in the cargo area of the airplanes. This would also prevent people from being able to overtake the crew of a flight.
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