Comment on Smoke Screening: Journalist tests TSAparentComments−Lagged2Death14yIt's a demonstration that the TSA cannot actually perform the functions it's supposed to be performing. In that sense it is a test.If getting though security with fraudulent identification is not a problem, why does the TSA bother to attempt to prevent it?−sliverstorm14yPerhaps to distract? The same way you might put $500 in a drawer near your front door, in hopes that a thief will find the $500 and, satisfied, bail before finding the $50,000 in jewelery (or what have you) in your bedroom?
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It's a demonstration that the TSA cannot actually perform the functions it's supposed to be performing. In that sense it is a test.
If getting though security with fraudulent identification is not a problem, why does the TSA bother to attempt to prevent it?
Perhaps to distract? The same way you might put $500 in a drawer near your front door, in hopes that a thief will find the $500 and, satisfied, bail before finding the $50,000 in jewelery (or what have you) in your bedroom?