Tommy Collison

Since 9/11, Islamic terrorists have killed just 17 people on American soil […] During that same period, 200 times as many Americans drowned in their bathtubs. Still more were killed by driving their cars into deer.

A pretty good article on the insanity and uselessness of the TSA, but the quoted piece above, from the conclusion of the article, is what stuck with me.

But, really: 3,400 Americans have drowned in their bathtub since 2001?

Overall, the piece is quite good, mentioning a lot of good questions about airport security theatre itself:

Taking off your shoes is next to useless. “It’s like saying, Last time the terrorists wore red shirts, so now we’re going to ban red shirts,” Schneier says. If the T.S.A. focuses on shoes, terrorists will put their explosives elsewhere.

One thing I’ve always thought about airport security (and it’s mentioned in the article too) is the fact that if airports are made impregnable, won’t terrorists just turn their attention to other crowded areas like shopping centers, theaters, stadiums or crowded areas like Oxford Street, Grafton St. and so on?