Oofa

This rang true for me. From 1115.org.

"And the only sane thing I’ve heard so far from colleagues was when my friend Stephanie explained to me that random bag searches were not meant to find terrorists, or even to deter them. They were meant to keep us, the public in a very delicate balance of gratitude and fear: “I’m grateful they are doing ’something’ and I’m scared they have to do ‘anything.’” It made sense. They know they can’t stop terrorism, they’re just playing games. They’re playing us."