Oh no no no. 10/10 is a picture perfect subtle troll, you are nowhere near. Oh wait, am I to understand you're actually serious? Then this statement should speak for itself: The TSA has not, in the entire history of its organization, directly stopped a terrorist attack. Zero. No fuzzy math, no extrapolations. Not one. Every time there was a thwarted attempt, the assholes got through the checkpoints (even though they departed from outside the US, the passengers get secondary screening before they get into the gate boarding area from people trained in TSA protocol. Yes, you do have to take off your shoes) and in the end was stopped by the PASSENGERS. As a police officer, do you stop and frisk every person you pull over? If not, why not? There's tons of documented instances where cops are attacked during traffic stops, why wouldn't you simply put everyone you encounter during your shift or on a stop through a security screening to ensure they don't pose a threat to you? jbot has, in his usual eloquent self, covered all the other bases.