john smith wrote

You guys haven't caught on yet, have you?
It has nothing to do with security and everything to do with federal
money for contracts and empire building within federal agencies.
It's a jobs program.

Very sad, but unfortunately true. Others statements in this thread
about the perception of increased security being more important to
those in power than the reality of its minimal nature aren't wrong.
But I think your short post comes the closest to hitting the nail on
the head. There's always a "big dig" going on somewhere.

Jim Rosinski