Final Example
Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the U.S. federal government has spent more than $4.5 billion on screening devices to secure the nation’s transportation facilities. Yet a large portion of the equipment is either completely ineffective or already obsolete and must be replaced. The projected cost: another $7 billion. Despite the spending so far, the Department of Homeland Security’s Inspector General admits that the chances of detecting a hidden bomb or gun have not increased since the Transportation Security Agency took over airport screening. Still, a DHS spokesman says the U.S. “is more secure in the deployment and use of these technologies versus having no technologies in place at all.” (New York Times) ...The best technology invented so far is the human brain. How about getting some of those?
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