My take on the TSA and the recent increase in body-invasive techniques is that we are giving up rights at a rate far faster than we are gaining national security.
The debate is getting interesting as several articles have been published lately that suggest profiling as a much more efficient method of preventing air disasters (which in my small amount of research appears to be why Israeli air travel remains so safe).
What surprises me is the number of people who are OK with the body scanners and pat-down procedures. In my small midwestern town a newspaper poll is leading 54-46 in the opinion that they are necessary for security.
In my mind, a logical parallel to the issue is our health care system. It was functioning better than any in the world, but we had to fix it. Why do we continue to spend huge amounts of federal dollars chasing broad solutions to non-existent problems when we should be perhaps doing some judicious tweaking?
Recently, I was interested in the capacity of the American public to revolt against the TSA measures, and I read an article that claims the national opt-out day was not quiet because of a lack of protesters, but because the TSA did a good job of stepping back from the procedures for the day so that there were no negative experiences for anyone to report. Interesting. I will continue to follow this issue, since if nothing else, there are some good articles about passengers in see-through bikinis.
Links:
TSA Should Profile, Keep Hands Off Innocent Passengers
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