Hunger Games Doesn't Fit TSA's Dystopian Vision | Gene Healy | Cato Institute: Commentary

Hunger Games Doesn't Fit TSA's Dystopian Vision | Gene Healy | Cato Institute: Commentary: "Last week on his blog, security expert Bruce Schneier recounted his recent Economist.com debate with a former TSA administrator: "He wants us to trust that a 400-ml bottle of liquid is dangerous, but transferring it to four 100-ml bottles magically makes it safe..."; that "butter knives given to first-class passengers are nevertheless too dangerous to be taken through a security checkpoint"; and that "there's a reason to confiscate a cupcake (Las Vegas), a 3-inch plastic toy gun (London Gatwick)... and a plastic lightsaber that's really a flashlight with a long cone on top (Dallas/Fort Worth).""

"What's worse, the TSA is increasingly taking this show on the road with roving VIPR, or Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response, teams that conducted over 9,300 random searches in 2011 — on cruise ships, at NASCAR races, on buses and at train stations."