I think the TSA is a waste of time. We as a nation could do so much better.
That said, I don’t care if an air marshal is scoping me out.
I visited the Flight 93 Memorial yesterday. It was a very somber reminder of our need for vigilance and the heroism of the average American.
They identified the terrorist scum as Islamist which was good. They did use their names on the seating chart where I would have preferred “dead Terrorist” or some such nomenclature.
One of the women on the plane was identified several times by her name and unborn child. Good pro-life message.
I agree, TSA as implemented wastes time and money.
I had an interesting conversation with a German friend, complaining about airport security. My position was that there will never be another 9/11 because the passengers would stop it, now that we know what they're likely to do. He disagreed, but I countered that it already happened: Flight 93. He replied, "Yes, but those were Americans."
It caught me short. But it was not long after that when the gunman on the train to Paris was taken down by three passengers - all Americans. Apparently nobody else on the train was going to resist at all.