{"id":397,"date":"2010-11-17T16:12:58","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T23:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.libertymusings.com\/blog\/?p=397"},"modified":"2010-11-22T15:37:20","modified_gmt":"2010-11-22T22:37:20","slug":"a-question-about-the-effectiveness-of-airport-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.libertymusings.com\/blog\/a-question-about-the-effectiveness-of-airport-security\/","title":{"rendered":"A Question about the Effectiveness of Airport Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have a question that just popped into my head, and wondered if anyone has an answer.<\/p>\n<p>I know that our airport security screening has confiscated a lot of toothpaste, makeup, spray deoderant, water bottles, etc.\u00a0Even some pocket knives. But have they ever\u00a0screened out a terrorist or explosives? Have the TSA security checks of passengers ever caught a single terrorist?<\/p>\n<p>If anyone has heard of any terrorist plot that has actually been thwarted by airport security, please let me know. Click to comment, or if the comment link has expired, just contact me through this <a href=\"..\/contribute-your-thoughts.html\">Contribute Your Thoughts<\/a> link.<\/p>\n<p>It would be nice to have that piece of information as we discuss whether or not these naked body scanners and groin checks are needed.<\/p>\n<p>I know that we have experts saying that these measures <em>would have<\/em> stopped past attacks, like 9-11 or the underwear bomber, had they been in place at the time. That&#8217;s not what I&#8217;m looking for &#8211; hypothetical benefits. I&#8217;m asking, &#8220;Have they actually found a terrorist with these techniques?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to this site and see if we come up with any answers.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-4419877247826466\";\n\/* 336x280, created 7\/26\/10 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"2207044504\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 336;\ngoogle_ad_height = 280;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Click here to visit the home page of my <a href=\"..\/index.html\">conservative politics blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t<div class=\"quickshare-container\">\r\n\t<ul class=\"quickshare-genericons monochrome quickshare-effect-expand\">\r\n\t\t<li class=\"quickshare-share\">Share:<\/li> \r\n\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.libertymusings.com%2Fblog%2Fa-question-about-the-effectiveness-of-airport-security%2F&amp;t=A+Question+about+the+Effectiveness+of+Airport+Security+<+The+Liberty+Musings+Blog\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\"><span class=\"quickshare-facebook\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.libertymusings.com%2Fblog%2Fa-question-about-the-effectiveness-of-airport-security%2F&amp;text=A+Question+about+the+Effectiveness+of+Airport+Security+<+The+Liberty+Musings+Blog\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Twitter\"><span class=\"quickshare-twitter\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li>\t\t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.libertymusings.com%2Fblog%2Fa-question-about-the-effectiveness-of-airport-security%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=I+have+a+question+that+just+popped+into+my+head%2C+and+wondered+if+anyone+has+an+answer.+I+know+that+our+airport+security+screening+has+confiscated+a+lot+of+toothpaste%2C+makeup%2C+spray+deoderant%2C+water+bottles%2C+etc.%C2%A0Even+some+pocket+knives.+But%26hellip%3B\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Pinterest\"><span class=\"quickshare-pinterest\">Pinterest<\/span><\/a><\/li>\t\t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.libertymusings.com%2Fblog%2Fa-question-about-the-effectiveness-of-airport-security%2F&amp;title=A+Question+about+the+Effectiveness+of+Airport+Security&amp;source=The+Liberty+Musings+Blog&amp;summary=I+have+a+question+that+just+popped+into+my+head%2C+and+wondered+if+anyone+has+an+answer.+I+know+that+our+airport+security+screening+has+confiscated+a+lot+of+toothpaste%2C+makeup%2C+spray+deoderant%2C+water+bottles%2C+etc.%C2%A0Even+some+pocket+knives.+But%26hellip%3B\" title=\"Share on Linkedin\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"quickshare-linkedin\">Linkedin<\/span><\/a><\/li>\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.libertymusings.com%2Fblog%2Fa-question-about-the-effectiveness-of-airport-security%2F\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Google+\"><span class=\"quickshare-googleplus\">Google+<\/span><\/a><\/li>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"mailto:?subject=The+Liberty+Musings+Blog:+A+Question+about+the+Effectiveness+of+Airport+Security&amp;body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.libertymusings.com%2Fblog%2Fa-question-about-the-effectiveness-of-airport-security%2F\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share via Email\"><span class=\"quickshare-email\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/li>\t<\/ul>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a question that just popped into my head, and wondered if anyone has an answer. I know that our airport security screening has confiscated a lot of toothpaste, makeup, spray deoderant, water bottles, etc.\u00a0Even some pocket knives. But &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.libertymusings.com\/blog\/a-question-about-the-effectiveness-of-airport-security\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[158],"tags":[148,147,145],"class_list":["post-397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tsa-abuse","tag-groin-check","tag-naked-body-scanners","tag-tsa-pat-downs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.libertymusings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.libertymusings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.libertymusings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.libertymusings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.libertymusings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=397"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.libertymusings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":449,"href":"http:\/\/www.libertymusings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/397\/revisions\/449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.libertymusings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.libertymusings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.libertymusings.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}