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2 things have made airplane travel safer since 9/11by B.K. Marcus, Mises Economics BlogNov. 29, 2010 |
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 Bruce Schneier is a security technologist. In an opinion piece in the New York Times, he says, Exactly two things have made airplane travel safer since 9/11: reinforcing the cockpit door, and convincing passengers they need to fight back. Everything else has been a waste of money.“Neither the full-body scanners or the enhanced pat-downs are making anyone safer,” he says in a conclusion that speaks to our economic situation as well: They're more a result of politicians and government appointees capitulating to a public that demands that "something must be done," even when nothing should be done. 
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