So I woke up yesterday evening to find that the SeaTac TSA had volunteered Michael Yon for the lead in their latest production of Security Theater.
The same people who couldn’t stop the FBI from getting their MP5’s stolen by the baggage handlers (and still haven’t found the culprits, btw) handcuff a legend because he refuses to divulge how much he makes a year.
Yet another reason I’ll be driving to both Boomershoot and the Gunblogger’s Rendezvous.
To add another bit of news, anyone know how close our laws to these ones in the UK
The rapid introduction of full body scanners at British airports threatens to breach child protection laws which ban the creation of indecent images of children, the Guardian has learned.
Privacy campaigners claim the images created by the machines are so graphic they amount to “virtual strip-searching” and have called for safeguards to protect the privacy of passengers involved.
Ministers now face having to exempt under 18s from the scans or face the delays of introducing new legislation to ensure airport security staff do not commit offences under child pornography laws.
The scanners wouldn’t have stopped the grannie-panty bomber or any jihadi who decided to keister the boom. So why are we doing this if it isn’t effective and we can’t protect the privacy of the citizenry?
Oh yeah, government is involved.
Someone on another site suggested we let the airlines run security. The ability to brag “Fly with us — we’re safer!” just might be the incentive to provide realistic security. Which might include profiling (like the Israelis do). Whatever it takes — let the market decide.