Whose Faulty Vision

More Security Theater

The NYC transit authority has a long-running campaign encouraging people to report “suspicious behavior” to the police, in the name of preventing terrorism. The theme is, “If you see something, say something.”

A little while back, they added a fresh bunch of posters: “Last year, 1,944 New Yorkers saw something and said something.” Notable for its absence is any mention of how many of those events actually resulted in a terrorist attack being prevented. I’d guess–hell, I’d bet money–that the reason is that the number is zero. Just more security theater.