New Airport Security Theatre! Empty ALL of the gadgets out of your bag!

[thewayne]

I was going to ask when the lunacy will end, but it won't, so no point in asking the question. Let's just hope it doesn't spread to nation-wide.

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/02/new-airport-sec.html

It just occurred to me what the TSA is doing, and why they will succeed. They will make efficient travel so inconvenient that no one will use it, thus travel will be safe! Except for the airlines dying, the interstates getting clogged with more accidents resulting, etc.

Comments

[deborak]

It will end when we elect Ron Paul and he dismantles the Dept. of Homeland Security and gives the security responsibility back to the airlines.

[silveradept]

Well, DHS and the TSA want everyone to stay where they are, so that they can't engage in any sort of terror activity by actually leaving the house or using the Intertubes. All that paranoia about stuff that really won't protect anyone.

[spaceoperadiva.livejournal.com]

The bad science involved in this and the lithium battery thing makes my head spin.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Yep. How much longer until we're stripped naked and put into stasis to fly from coast to coast?