Ron DeSantis saying that he wants to abolish the TSA and may run for president in 2028. Wouldn’t that be a great turn of events. It really is time to end this nice political football they have for always trying to ram through other funding.
Peter Steinmetz
Missing the futility of the liquids rule
What this article completely misses is the overall futility of this liquids rule. The chances of there even being an attempt at this type of attack are so low that there are much better things to do with this type of money and the time presently spent on people having to worry about their liquids,…
A TSA agent’s favorite things
More high profile thefts by TSA employees
This is only the tip of the iceberg.
TSA failed to seize box-cutters
In what has to be one of their more ironic mess-ups, the TSA failed to seize box-cutters from a passenger which were then used to threaten other passengers. I don’t actually see this so much as a commentary on how incompetent the TSA is, but rather as testimony to how pre-screening against a very unlikely…
Would have been nice to learn to minimize the TSA
Since the TSA decided during the pandemic that perhaps the liquid 3 ounce rule really wasn’t so necessary, it would have been nice if people had started to realize this whole operation is unneeded. Instead, they are hiring back more people — ugh. https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/tsa-hiring-summer-trnd/index.html
Woman boards Delta flight with no identification or boarding pass.
Somehow this person got past TSA security and onto the plane without providing a boarding pass or any identification at all. Another example of the impossibility of designing a screening system which will be effective enough to work to prevent something as rare as a terrorist attack on an aircraft in the US.
Diana Ross groped by the TSA
All in the name of security theater. Apparently the TSA employee had the same excuse as always “It’s just my job”. Where did we hear that before the TSA? Report at showbiz411.com
Reducing the impact of shutdowns through privatization.
The Best Way To Protect Air Travel from the Shutdown Is To Reduce Washington’s Role
Are there any limits on TSA intrusiveness?
The recent reports that the TSA is planning even more intrusive pat-downs raises an important question — what are the limits on on the intrusiveness of TSA procedures? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-03/u-s-airport-pat-downs-are-about-to-get-more-invasive Unfortunately, since the TSA has NEVER attempted a rational cost-benefit analysis of their procedures, it is pretty difficult to see what those limits would be. It…