Friday, December 17, 2010
Transportation Security?
This story virtually screams that the much-maligned TSA screening process at our airports is, as many have maintained, more theater than actual security.
Assuming that the Department of Homeland Security is actually interested in protecting Americans, as opposed to merely keeping up appearances and growing a bureaucracy filled with mindless robots, it also suggests that Secretary Napolitano should immediately either begin work on developing an effective (and hopefully more focused) screening process or resign so that the President can appoint someone up to the job. (Whether Mr. Obama would actually do that is another question.)
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Assuming that the Department of Homeland Security is actually interested in protecting Americans, as opposed to merely keeping up appearances and growing a bureaucracy filled with mindless robots, it also suggests that Secretary Napolitano should immediately either begin work on developing an effective (and hopefully more focused) screening process or resign so that the President can appoint someone up to the job. (Whether Mr. Obama would actually do that is another question.)
Labels: Airlines, Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Napolitano, Obama, TSA
Monday, December 28, 2009
What the Christmas Bomber Hath Wrought
Randy Barnett has helpfully posted the latest security directive issued by the TSA here.
I wonder what this is going to do to passenger air traffic between the US and elsewhere. And what it's going to do to the airlines' earnings.
Here's what CNNMoney.com is reporting at this writing. All the airlines are down between roughly 2% and 5.4% excepting, interestingly, Northwest.
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I wonder what this is going to do to passenger air traffic between the US and elsewhere. And what it's going to do to the airlines' earnings.
Here's what CNNMoney.com is reporting at this writing. All the airlines are down between roughly 2% and 5.4% excepting, interestingly, Northwest.
Labels: Airlines, bombings, government, Regulation, Terrorism
