“security theater”
Look he coined the phrase. Then went on to prove that it is the greatest show on earth. Everyone is fooled except the regular traveler. Those of us that are road warriors know that before 9/11 we were all subject to banishment for life from air travel if we did not do as the stewardess in the short skirt instructed us to and just let the bad men have their way. Now little old grandmothers are tackling fools with matches whenever necessary. It is us that is keeping us safe. When we show more sense than the entire TSA and refuse to fly on a plane with 7 middle eastern men that are sweating and acting very strange it is us that is keeping us safe.