I mean, I read news articles that say the TSA fail to actually catch prohibited items like weapons or drugs most of the time… so what’s the point? Many people are calling this “Security Theater”… Does this “Security Theater” actually scare away a would-be terrorist?
The terrorist is not scared away.
The one who can be scared away is no terrorist.
The whole thing works against small offenders, who forgot to store away their pocket knife etc. and hopefully it works also against clumsy criminals who make big mistakes.
My father flew for the first time in years to come visit me some time back. He packed his stuff in an old duffel bag. Once he made it to my place, he gave me a pocket knife that he hadn’t remembered was in the duffel bag.
Great job, TSA.
They also occasionally catch the guy with 50 parrots stuffed in his pants or something.