So some idiot Nigerian takes a break from trying to Western Union me $40M and instead tries to light off a testicle bomb on an American Airlines flight? Great. What’s next? Turn your head and cough to board?
See, the TSA is fucking clueless. They just don’t want to be BLAMED for anything. So if shit goes down, they knee-jerk a response. Oh, is that a shoe bomb? Well, we’ll just X-RAY EVERY FUCKING SHOE FROM NOW ON — then this will never happen again. Problem solved. Is that a liquid explosive that we can’t detect? Well, put your shit in this fucking bomb-proof zip-top bag.
What happens when somebody warns US officials of a potential threat? Well, nothing. How’s a zip-lock baggie supposed to solve that? How’s that going to get more people shuffling through the airport in their socks?
So what’s the plan? No plan. The TSA will just enforce what they want. You don’t get to know the rules. Unpredictability is the new zip-top bag. The new TSA response to the knee tap of terrorism is to poke travelers in the eye … after they kick them in the balls.
