Also in reference to Colbert...written by a guest he had the other night.
Jeffrey Goldberg's The Things He Carried
It's a great article. In my "line of work" we often use airports as the benchmark for effective security. In reality, this just is not the case. We need a new approach to security, not these ineffective band aids implemented to make the general public feel better. Rather, security has to be a state of mind, embraced by all. And then maybe we can free up some of those funds for better intelligence...
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Well said. I really enjoyed his interview on Colbert and that article. Not only should TSA's resource be put towards intelligence and border security, but I've always (and by "always" I mean since 9/11, I guess) found the security on domestic flights to be absurd anyway. How many terrorists are taking an international flight into the U.S. - on what is probably a large plane into what is probably a major city - only to blow up their half-full domestic flight to Omaha months later?
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