Is TSA really keeping you safe while flying?

With all of the news about the plot discovered by the British involving the liquids, is TSA taking all of your perfumes, toothpaste, shampoos, and similar items really keeping you safe? After all, the plot was discovered before anyone ever got to an airport. Do you really think that airport security could have prevented the bombings? After all, the list of restricted items is available to anyone, and that includes terrorists.
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These aren't liquid, but did you know that you can carry a foot long letter opener on board a flight or a marble rolling pin because they are not on the restricted list? Or weren't the last time I flew which was only a few months ago.

united9198

The TSA in place for one reason only....to convince the flying public that they are safe and it is okay to fly. Catching a determined terrorist is a shot in the dark and nearly 100% of the current effort is being wasted on people who are not terrorists. They might catch someone, but it is more likely that they won't. That being said, the chance of ending up on a flight with a terrorist with plans to die is pretty small. You have a better chance of winning $100 million in the lottery.

monie99701

well ask yourself this, would you rather give up your right to carry your perfume and toothpaste? or take the chance that some terrorist who has great resources could bring a liquid bomb on board that is disguised as perfume and toothpaste?

Steve

DUH....intelligence reports that terrorists are planning an imminent attack using liquid explosives. TSA bans liquid explosives: liquid explosives look like any other drink, so TSA bans all liquids until this gets sorted out. Since the ban, liquid explosives and jihad suicide tapes are discovered in the UK in the apartments of people they arrested. DUH.....

DUH....

DUH....

pghmarty

I have seen counter people at McDonald's that are smarter and better paid.
They are very under trained and need to call a supervisor all the time.
Now passengers are looking for the chance to kick a terrorist azz and will not let it happen again.
I have a lot more confidence in the fellow passengers

DTB

Nope, it's a fake agency.

The name just reassures the naive.

corry692001

yall are really far of the page. All of these people that supposedly have bombs and the TSA is saving you from them, what it really is,is people putting them selves over so you will run to the poles and vote for them and all you sheep buy into this crap the news is the format for the destruction of civilizations we are all feeding it. never get into a plane you cant jump out of. airbourne

PolarCeltic

You take a bunch of double dipping ex servicemen, and burger flippers give them a uniform and turn them into mouth breathing mall cops, what do you think? The TSA is a joke as far as most sensible travellers are concerned. In any other country the calibre of people employed is leaps ahead. I fly regularly internationally and within the States and quite frankly have little respect for what I see with respect to the TSA.

MD-11

So far so good, They're doing their BEST.

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