Call To Dismantle “Bureaucratic Nightmare” TSA
The federal lawmaker who helped create the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) a decade ago is calling to dismantle and privatize the scandal-plagued agency which has been marred by a series of shameful lapses despite receiving unlimited resources from Congress.
Created after the 2001 terrorist attacks mainly to protect aviation, the 60,000-employee TSA has been the subject of numerous federal probes that have blasted it for its many blunders. Just last week the investigative arm of Congress, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), released the latest in a series of reports reminding the TSA that “additional efforts are needed to improve security.” That’s putting it mildly.
The TSA’s mishaps are vast. They include clearing illegal immigrants to train as pilots and work in sensitive areas of busy U.S. airports, inept agents who let weapons slip by security checkpoints and agents prosecuted for stealing from passengers. Earlier this year a government audit revealed that the TSA failed to detect terrorists at U.S. airports on nearly two dozen occasions. In each case the terrorist slipped right through “security” checkpoints and boarded commercial planes.
And now… the rest of the story. …..
Harold
TSA – USSR what’s the difference? This ageny should have NEVER been started. Now they want to be in shopping malls, arenas, etc. What next, our kithens?