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So how significant? >> i think it's is significant politically more so than operationally. i don't think we're going to look at the next round of numbers and see it drop down to 16, 14, 13, or anything ike that. and it's not intended to. this is what i would call security theater. it's akin to what you see at the airports. they make you take off your shoes, hop on one foot, to make you feel some effort is being made to secure the nation. we know from the experts that's not what is going on at all. this is not a matter of if there is a wall there, if there are troops there, you can stop people....

Of the federal government, that if they want to, there's a provision in the law that created the tsa back in 2001, allowing airport toss opt out. bill: you have to have, what, the local airport commission get together and vote on it? how would that be done? >> the airports themselves can make these decisions. the problem is or maybe the good part on the federal government is they would remain under federal supervision and they would have to abide by tsa guideline, so the question is would they do a better job than the current federal officials. mica cites a couple of government accountability ...

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