Security theatre and a bucket of popcorn
Franz Kafke called, he wants his ideas back.
Seriously, anyone who thinks that any security has been gained by the performance-art troop that we lovingly call the TSA is living in a fantasy world that is only solvable with heavy medication, or election to Congress. The number of holes in the current methodology and ideas is exceeded only by the danger presented by the false sense-of-security that is granted to those participating in the farce.
Security is founded on trust, and a bunch of hand-waving and smoke screens do not create trust—only a good magic trick. Eventually, someone realizes this and the magician gets upset.
My coworkers have listened to me rant about this exact problem for years now, and if my little brain can conceive of it, then certainly some criminal mastermind can manage the same thing. Never mind the absurdity of expecting any screener to be able to identify the over 3001 valid forms of ID.
Can we please just stop this charade?
1 The number 300 is arrived at by this: 50 states, at least 3 forms (adult drivers license, teenage drivers license and ID-only) issued, and at least 2 currently valid designs. This does not include current passports, and other federal IDs that are accepted.
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