The TSA cost 12 billion a year to fund, let alone the massive inconvenience it causes and whatever monetary value you want to assign to that. Low cost low immediate reward attacks can disproportionately encumber an adversary and if they don't shoulder that encumbrance then you have a handy attack vector.
kind of a weak ass attack for a state actor with confusing goals
sounds more like a distraction to keep security occupied for some more specific goal
The TSA cost 12 billion a year to fund, let alone the massive inconvenience it causes and whatever monetary value you want to assign to that. Low cost low immediate reward attacks can disproportionately encumber an adversary and if they don't shoulder that encumbrance then you have a handy attack vector.