Airport security study utter waste of time and money

Back in 2010 the airport police union and the Service Employees International wrote LAX's chief of police to warn him that the place was "more vulnerable to a terrorist attack than at any time since 9/11." Somebody then leaked the information to a reporter at KNX (sorry, "investigative reporter"), who essentially described the place as being more dangerous than Afghanistan's Kandahar Province. Since these were unions making the charges, L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa had to do something, so he appointed - what else? - one of those blue ribbon panels to sort things out. Today it came back with its findings. Bottom line: The union claims are not true - LAX is actually quite safe and certainly safer than it was following 9/11 (the airport police force has nearly doubled over the past 10 years and there's been a big increase in federal security). The commission did find a few things to pick on: There's tension between L.A. cops and airport cops, and an advisory committee is not performing as well as it might. But none of it seems very serious. From the report's blah-blah:

LAX is one of the largest airport complexes in the world. It is composed of many moving parts, each of which requires continuous, focused attention and support - the sum of which requires constant, effective oversight and coordination. As with any large organization, the interests of the multiple components compete for attention, prioritization and funding. The Panel believes that the threat of terrorism at LAX is the most significant and consequential risk faced by LAX, and that it requires the highest level of attention from the leadership of LAWA. the prevention of a terrorist attack at LAX, therefore, must be the highest priority for LAWA and LAWAPD, and it must be understood and supported by every employee at every level of every agency, public and private, which operates within the LAX footprint.