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Friday, July 11, 2008 12:00 AM

Ask the pilot

Propped up by a culture of fear, TSA has become a bureaucracy with too much power and little accountability. Where will the lunacy stop?
By Patrick Smith

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  • Thursday, July 10, 2008 07:10 PM

    My personal suspicion ...

    ... is that a lot of this hassle happens because more attention is given the creating the appearance of protection than to actually protecting. In other words, I think it's propaganda.

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