I hope you all don't mind a cut-and-run sort of diary, but this just "Confirms" that the TSA's security theater isn't doing a damn thing to make us safer:
Via Ars Technica, Mythbuster Adam Savage tells a recent tale of how he went through the ultra-super-effective scanners, and that the TSA saw his junk.
...But missed the fact that he was carrying foot long razor blades with him.
Missed it.
WTF, TSA.
You can watch the video at Ars and listen to him explain it.
Here's a very key, critical takeaway from Ars:
If the TSA thinks you can hijack a plane with saline solution and nail clippers, Savage's 12" razor blades are the equivalent of a nuclear bomb. Since the blades weren't anywhere near Savage's privates, they likely would have been missed by the pat-down as well.
Utterly fail-tastic.
John Pistole should resign right the fuck now and the procedures halted and revamped. This is bullshit.