Does Airport Security Really Make Us Safer?

Year after year, articles in widely-respected publications confirm that the short answer is “no”, and the long answer is “not even slightly”.

In this Vanity Fair article, Charles C. Mann, with the assistance of security expert Bruce Schneier, notes a number of gaping security holes. They’re not subtle, nor invisible. They don’t involve shoes; they’re just common sense. And yet we’re forced to strip down every time we fly.