Missing the point on security

Bruce Schneier looks at a system that looks for radiation at our ports.

...since the first such devices were installed in May 2000, they had picked up over 10,000 radiation hits in vehicles or cargo shipments entering the country. All proved harmless.

It amazes me that 10,000 false alarms – instances where the security system failed – are being touted as proof that the system is working.

Indeed.

Someone get the US Customs Commissioner a copy of "The Boy who Cried Wolf".