LESSON FROM EUROPE: EMPOWER (ARM) PASSENGERS. WHAT WE’LL DO INSTEAD: MORE POINTLESS SECURITY THEATER. Train Attack in Europe Puts Focus on Vulnerability of U.S. Rail. “Unlike airports, which are guarded with multiple layers of security — including airport police and Transportation Security Administration personnel operating metal detectors and full-body scanners — most railroad stations have minimal scrutiny for those boarding trains.”

TSA’s airport security has never caught a terrorist and misses 95% of weapons and explosives in tests.