Persuasive Essay On Airport Security

“The chances of finding a terrorist intent are as slim as finding a rare disease,” says Dr. Mendenhall (Stellin). This is true in any case, so everyone should be prepared if terrorists do attempt to attack. Though the use of x-ray machines are the easiest way to finding dangerous weapons that can lead terrorism, there are downsides to this convenient procedure. The machines needed are expensive, especially the quality ones, they’re not as effective as they may seem. Lastly, they present images of the passengers as if they were unclothed. The intrusive airport security procedures done today should be fixed, because they’re not accurate, they’re expensive, and they produce images of the travelers as if they were undressed. Why do we have the airport security measures we have today? Ever since people started traveling by air, airline passengers and the cargo have been the target of any terrorist intent. A few incidents of terrorists hijacking planes were never taken very seriously. On the day of 9/11, a group of terrorists easily got past airport security, and later that day, the took over the planes. The terrorists were not stopped from flying the planes into the Twin Towers, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania; …show more content…
Tests have proven that the x-ray machines cannot detect dangerous weapons at all times. The United States are spending high amounts of money on the flawed screening machines. Lastly, the privacy of the travelers are not kept, for the machines cannot safely secure the images of the scanned passengers. The United States will remain unprotected from terrorists, and their privacies will continue to be invaded if nothing is done to fix the faulty airport security operations. Will you help improve the security measures taken by