Why go through all the trouble and risk a connection to the organization showing up on a background check when they could just go after the hundreds of far less secure systems around the world, causing far more damage (economic or people) and terror? Oh wait they're incompetent.

I was only a kid in the 90s but I still remember the stark differences of flying back then compared to now. These days the only joy I get from flying is asking specifically for a can of soda and receiving a can instead of a cup that only holds about a third of a can.