Bruce Schneier, working in concert with The Atlantic magazine, demonstrated the concept of security theater by showing numerous ways to defeat airport security because, well, what they do is dumb. And ineffective. Kip Hawley, head of the TSA, has responded to the story in true government fashion - in vague generalities, according to Schneier.
Unfortunately, there's not really anything to his response. It's obvious he doesn't want to admit that they've been checking ID's all this time to no purpose whatsoever, so he just emits vague generalities like a frightened squid filling the water with ink. Yes, some of the stunts in article are silly (who cares if people fly with Hezbollah T-shirts?) so that gives him an opportunity to minimize the real issues.
It's a good read, both the original article and Schneier's commentary on the TSA ignoring the real issues.
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