Time to depoliticize airline security
Independent Institute
by Anthony Gregory
08/30/06
President Bush’s critics complain that the new TSA restrictions were based more on politics than real security concerns, but they should not be surprised. The only endeavors unencumbered by politicization are those that are free from political decision-making -- those separated from the state. After 9/11, airline security was nationalized. Democrats were the first to insist on the change; Republicans initially resisted, but ultimately backed it. Government airline security has been burdensome, bizarre and ineffective...
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1804
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Anthony Gregory
08/30/06
President Bush’s critics complain that the new TSA restrictions were based more on politics than real security concerns, but they should not be surprised. The only endeavors unencumbered by politicization are those that are free from political decision-making -- those separated from the state. After 9/11, airline security was nationalized. Democrats were the first to insist on the change; Republicans initially resisted, but ultimately backed it. Government airline security has been burdensome, bizarre and ineffective...
http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1804
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 31. Aug, 16:32
