employees, when working at their base can bypass security. some places have the turn style entrances that bypass the metal detectors and tsa all together. the TSA is everywhere in the airport though. but their random gate checks and searches seem pointless to me. most of the time they stand there with their thumb up their asses pretending to do something and watching someone.

where the security truly lacks is the weakest point. contractors bringing in drills and saws and truckloads of equipment or vans full of stuff.

in the end, trustworthy employees are the key, extensive background checks, profiling, random checks to keep em honest play an important role.

just like you can't keep criminals from owning guns, you won't be able to stop everyone from getting in or getting materials in. the extra layers of security are essential. it needs to be like swiss cheese with several layers. even if something goes through one hole, the next layer of security needs to stop it. the multiple layers will give the greatest chance of success in deterring the threat.

I see the TSA in general as a pretty big hole in the model with a cheap ass badge. They stop "liquids and gels" from entering the secure area, and now they get to grope people and invade their personal privacy. Not to mention the new x-ray machines are actually x-rays and will probably be a contributing factor to cancer caused by too much exposure. They say it adds an extra amount of radiation equal to 2 minutes of flight time.
for me that adds approximately 7 hours of radiation exposure a year. FUCK THAT...

I hope multiple lawsuits are filed and this bullshit they are trying to pull is reversed.