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Turtley13 t1_iy9rkwz wrote

Reply to comment by ccoady in Who decided on the fine by fireintheskyy

In order to stop something from happening you need to have FOILED it.

The CIA and FBI have proof of these things. The TSA has not.

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ccoady t1_iy9vtzq wrote

That's not true. The FBI and CIA investigate and gather intelligence with HUGE resources. They have authority throughout the country and across the planet. The TSA does not have that. The TSA is a deterrent. They don't foil plans because they don't investigate. They only act on what is in front of them. You don't seem to know what the TSA does.

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Turtley13 t1_iy9yi32 wrote

It hasn't prevented any terrorist attacks that's for sure.Please tell me how the TSA would have stopped 9/11 exactly? Confiscating their fake bombs?

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ccoady t1_iyd1tv8 wrote

Well, 9/11 was carried out with box cutters. The pilots throats were slit. Also, there could have been an armed Air Marshal on board. Those would have been detected at the gate and not let onto the plane. In the case of the plane that was overtaken by passengers.

Now think. There have been ZERO terrorist attacks or hijackings since 9/11 involving planes. The job of the TSA is to ensure safety of passengers and prevent concealed weapons from making it's way onto the plane. The simple fact that there have been ZERO terrorist attacks shows you the TSA has been a deterrent. So it may have prevented terrorist attacks, we just don't know how many of the thousands of confiscated weapons every year were intended to be used on the plane. Maybe zero, maybe 10.

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Turtley13 t1_iyda3vw wrote

So reinforced doors and Air Marshals stop hijackings not TSA.

GOtcha.

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ccoady t1_iydgj3v wrote

No, scanners and TSA agents stop weapons from being brought on board by catching thousands of guns per year and 10's of thousands of knives. The fact that would be terrorists now KNOW they can't get these on board because of the scanning, TSA pat downs, no-fly lists, air marshals, secure cockpit doors, bomb sniffing dogs, etc.

You're so close to getting it, but I have a feeling you don't WANT to understand.

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