I don’t think Cory is making a real case against a minimal TSA presence. For example, not many people would argue against a basic metal detector to weed out the occasional gun or knife (though many studies have shown those don’t get caught that often anyway.)
It is the post 9/11 security theater that is the issue, a lot of hand waving for what is at best a waste of time/money and invasion of personal space and at worst a distraction from real threats.
The simple step of locking the cockpit door is probably the most effective thing we could have ever done in response to 9/11. But even that is solving yesterday’s problem.
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