Skift Take
The maze TSA has built is just justification for its own existence. There is no end solution, just more means created to foster other means.
If you were just a casual observer of security theater you may think that TSA's adoption of technology -- especially to expedite passenger movement through the airports -- is a great thing, a step in the right direction after a decade-plus of building up a wall around Fortress America.
But if you go beyond the surface, a different picture emerges: that the TSA is creating a higher Berlin Wall just to help jump over the wall it previously built, instead of trying to whittle the original one down to a more manageable level.
Instead of working on making simple things better -- such as clear and readable signage, understandable and obvious lanes, better load balancing
