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Links and References:

1. https://www.forbes.com/sites/ellistalton/2019/01/28/is-the-tsa-really-necessary/?sh=5565d5c025e0
2. https://www.vox.com/2016/5/17/11687014/tsa-against-airport-security
3. https://www.theverge.com/c/23311333/tsa-history-airport-security-theater-homeland
4. https://www.securitydegreehub.com/airport-security-make-us-safer/
5. https://reason.com/2022/01/07/airport-security-measures-are-popular-but-pointless/
6. https://www.bts.gov/newsroom/full-year-2022-us-airline-traffic-data#:~:text=U.S.%20airlines%20carried%20194%20million,and%20388%20million%20in%202020.
7. https://www.npr.org/2021/09/10/1035131619/911-travel-timeline-tsa
8. https://www.businessinsider.com/palantir-ceo-alex-karp-interview-stopped-terror-attack-weekly-2019-1
9. https://www.cnn.com/2012/04/30/world/al-qaeda-documents/index.html
10. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tsa-touts-orlando-bomb-suspect-arrest/
11. https://vimeo.com/871252019
12. Garrick Blalock [email protected] , Vrinda Kadiyali & Daniel H. Simon (2009) Driving fatalities after 9/11: a hidden cost of terrorism, Applied Economics, 41:14, 1717-1729, DOI: 10.1080/00036840601069757
13. https://www.sheffield.com/air-travel-safest-mode-transportation#:~:text=For%20one%2C%20there%20is%20a,air%20at%20any%20given%20time.
14. https://www.airport-technology.com/features/scan-before-boarding-country-handling-airport-security-checks/?cf-view
15. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/72788/14-behind-scenes-secrets-tsa-agents

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