Is that surprising? It’s a federal agency representing the security apparatus of the US. That’s a good target for terrorism.
After all, the security gate is the first impression visitors get of your industrial facility, or office, or embassy, or whatever. You want it to look welcoming and secure at the same time. Projecting strength but not fearfulness.
If you must use the cheap fencing, conceal it with some plants. Where the fence is visible, go for some nice decorative metalwork. Move the turnstiles into a lobby and put a reception desk and some couches next to them. Add some meeting rooms (and toilets and coffee facilities) at the security boundary, so job interviews and meetings with suppliers don't give them unfettered access.
Corporations generally don't need to worry about this.
The government doesn't generally spend a lot of money on things like "decorative metalwork". People get grumpy about it.
If anyone ever hit the TSA I'd just laugh at their piss-poor targeting. Thanks for clearing out our dusty community theater, now maybe we can build an ice cream shop there or something else actually useful.
Of the 168 people who died in the Oklahoma City bombing, only 8 were from law enforcement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City_bombing
We’ve significantly reduced it down to <4 per year.
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/airliner-hijackings-and-f...
You think hijackings decreased because the passengers are more likely to attack the hijackers now?
I think it’s more likely that surveillance and intelligence is better now and most hijacking attempts get discovered before they are executed.
Look at all those other pre-2001 hijackings, and ask yourself what would have happened if most of the passengers were terrified that the hijackers were preparing to destroy the entire plane and everyone on it, regardless of any demands being made or met.
Would-be hostage-taking hijackers know it too: Their business plan, as it were, has been ruined for a generation by their suicidal colleagues.
Passengers are now aware that hijackers might actually just buying time until they can trigger a murder-suicide attempt, and many will believe it is likely enough that they need to fight for their own lives. The old assumptions that "almost everyone gets out alive by passively cooperating" no longer hold.
I'm not. The TSA is hated by the populace the way the population hates every wasteful boondoggle jobs program. Foreigners hate them for profiling but that's pretty far down the list of grievances. Foreigners looking to strike at America and Americans looking to get off the porch likely have dozens of more preferable targets.
I doubt the TSA makes any would be attackers list of top five most deserving agencies.
Edit: A fed sponsored false flag attack on the TSA could make a good comedy plot. It might need to be a TV series in order to have time to fit in all the jokes, references, tropes and wise cracks you'd be obligated to make when covering such subject matter.
My wife says it’s a wonder I’m not on the no fly list.
<< My wife says it’s a wonder I’m not on the no fly list.
For better or worse, my work almost guarantees that I will be looking for mildly interesting subjects so I am likely on some sort of grey list ( no idea what IC would call it internally ). No 'no fly' list yet, but these days it only takes being extra rude it seems[1] so these days that list is a major inconvenience, but the signal it generates is less useful:D
[1]https://www.paddleyourownkanoo.com/2021/01/15/delta-air-line...
Exactly! Nobody would be laughing if Al-Qaeda drove a giant Dasani truck into TSA headquarters, would they?