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<blockquote data-quote="Glocktogo" data-source="post: 1374105" data-attributes="member: 1132"><p>It already happened last year. Ikrimah Al-Muhajir (the designer of the most recent printer bomb) of AQIM in Yemen sent his brother Muhammad on a failed suicide mission to kill Saudi Prince Muhammad bin Nayef in August 2009. I have an utterly gruesome presentation on the results of that failed attempt that's not fit for publication. </p><p></p><p>Yes TSA is reactionary, but you'd be surprised how much effort is spent on attempting to be proactive. So far our best assets have been foreign intel and the terrorists ineptitude. That ineptitued is fueled by their lack of understanding our assets and capabilities. Changing protocols and requirements helps keep them off balance and unsure of what might succeed(and the travelling public as an unfortunate side effect).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Unemployment is up and consumer confidence is down. That drives airline sales more than the GDP. However, passenger numbers at TUL are up from 2009 figures.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>These are inexcusable mistakes <em>if accurate</em>, but they're not civil rights violations. Civil right violations would be searches outside the scope of authority, which these are not. </p><p></p><p>What we have are 5 high profile isolated incidents in the past two weeks, two of which so far have been proven false. In that time frame, we've had approximately 20 MILLION passenger departures at US airports. Seems like a tempest in a teacup, stirred with a healthy dose of media feeding frenzy if you ask me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Glocktogo, post: 1374105, member: 1132"] It already happened last year. Ikrimah Al-Muhajir (the designer of the most recent printer bomb) of AQIM in Yemen sent his brother Muhammad on a failed suicide mission to kill Saudi Prince Muhammad bin Nayef in August 2009. I have an utterly gruesome presentation on the results of that failed attempt that's not fit for publication. Yes TSA is reactionary, but you'd be surprised how much effort is spent on attempting to be proactive. So far our best assets have been foreign intel and the terrorists ineptitude. That ineptitued is fueled by their lack of understanding our assets and capabilities. Changing protocols and requirements helps keep them off balance and unsure of what might succeed(and the travelling public as an unfortunate side effect). Unemployment is up and consumer confidence is down. That drives airline sales more than the GDP. However, passenger numbers at TUL are up from 2009 figures. These are inexcusable mistakes [I]if accurate[/I], but they're not civil rights violations. Civil right violations would be searches outside the scope of authority, which these are not. What we have are 5 high profile isolated incidents in the past two weeks, two of which so far have been proven false. In that time frame, we've had approximately 20 MILLION passenger departures at US airports. Seems like a tempest in a teacup, stirred with a healthy dose of media feeding frenzy if you ask me. [/QUOTE]
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