Short sighted security process?

I've got tons of time on my hands lately...most of it spent staring blankly out the window while under the effects of heavy narcotic prescription medication. But sometimes, I manage to read an article or two on the net, and one in particular caught my attention.

Al Qaeda's Successful Attack

It's interesting that our reaction as a country was to place more and more security measures in place for the actual flight-but not the airport, where far more people are collected while they try to get through security.

"Unintentionally, DHS is creating the next opportunity for a terrorist attack. Screening procedures, document checks, baggage X-rays, shoe inspections, as well as whatever new procedures are dreamed up to check for explosives in underwear, have caused longer delays at airports. These procedures are why we are told to get to the airport early.

By creating these long lines of waiting travelers, DHS has created the next target for an al-Qaeda bomber. The line itself. A suicide bomber could kill more passengers by igniting a bomb in the midst of the long line of travelers as they wait to be screened by TSA. Why bother to try to smuggle explosive on the airplane when it is far easier to blow up people standing in line? Not only is there no security involved, but the number of travelers is far greater."

It's about time we started thinking like the terrorists to prevent becoming the next victim of their actions.  What do the police do when they're stumped?  They hire criminals to help them understand the thought process and ultimately defeat them.  Is it ironic that two of the large, up and coming computer anti-virus programs (one of which I use) were created by former computer hackers?  When security companies want to find flaws in their system, they hire a thief to defeat it and then fix that flaw before it's released.  Still find too many flaws?  They must not have hired enough thieves to review their system.  "Show me how to fuck up my creation and subsequently fix it before I sell it to the public" should be the mantra of our government.  We'd all be better off, I promise.

Mass collaboration has had several positive effects on our society-why not use it for airport security?  Do the suits in Washington really think that the terrorists are going to use the same tired route to conduct their work?  No-they evolve while the government is still trying to figure out how to solve the last mystery...that's why they're one step ahead...all the time.

Think outside the box, suits, and we will all be better off.  Hell, we might get through the airport security line faster as well...