“Compared to a real-life terrorist situation, what’s missing from these covert tests is the ability to collect any intelligence. That is often the most important part of detecting and deterring a putative terrorist. When you take out the whole intelligence element of it, it really skews their ability to get through.” – Former TSA head John Pistole in Why the TSA catches your water bottle, but guns and bombs get through [at washingtonpost.com]