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Jacker, your assumption that "they" aren't getting anything out of the information or the further stripping, a poingiant term here, of our liberties is entirely dependent upon who "they" is and what their intentions are. If you mean purist and followers working for an attempted security, you are correct. If you are referencing a goverment that feeds on the power of the people you are quite mistaken. Mut said it, as you did about the watch list, it is a form of control, of breaking wills and redistributing the power of the people to the power of the government over the people. There is benefit for those with lust of power. Look, there is no stopping someones ability to take down a plane, ever. They dont even have to be on the plane to do it. A black market surface to air missle, a habib the mechanic's unauthorized upgrade, the infinite variations of explosives can be stowed in cargo luggage. The stupid thing could simply fall out of the sky by accident or god himself could smite it, are you gonna strip people of their freedoms untill god or nature is neutralised? So when you get off the plane and your terminal explodes you'll feel better right? But I digress. The reason why this is still an issue at all is because government is involved in the private sector of airport security, as you mentioned for the political aspects, didn't do shit for the oklahoma city bombing, or every other political bombing or assassination out there. But I'm sure they are working on stripping liberties further for that as well. Your more likely to win the lottery or be hit by lightning than be involved in a terrorist attack. You are by far more likely to die from some unnatural illness from our food processing, synthesized substance, or other man made dissaster sold as a convenience without proper knowledge of affects. This ironically includes body scanners, there are already reports surfacing about its potential or confirmed damage to dna along with god knows what else. And as long as key people and institutions are consolodating wealth and power off of these things, dont expect proper vetting of health hazards, nor proper weighing of freedom vs security debates. There is no quick fix and the best answer is always empowering and informing the people, when the opposite is the chosen course, be wary.
"The Greatest Enemy of Knowledge is Not Ignorance, It is the ILLUSION of Knowledge. Stephen Hawking"
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