Mythbusters host Adam Savage got groped but the TSA apparently missed some large razor blades. Insane.
Reader Matthew writes:
Investigators successfully smuggled 75% of the fake bombs through TSA staffed checkpoints at LAX, and 60% through O’Hare according to a report obtained by USA Today. In tests at San Francisco International, where a private company conducts inspections, 20% of the contraband made it through security. TSA agents who fail such tests get retrained, El Al agents who fail such tests are summarily dismissed.
Private security agents would probably be a marginal improvement but we really need to get the TSA out of this business altogether. They are incompetent by design.
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The first real mention I’ve seen of private security contractors in a MSM news article:
“Roser has filed complaints with Covenant Aviation Security, the private security contractor at San Francisco International Airport (SFO); the TSA, under whose auspices they work; and the ACLU. Despite promises on the CAS website that all complaints will be addressed within one business day, Roser has received no response.”
Source: https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/1123/Air-travelers-tweet-TSA-pat-downs-and-scans-evoke-humor-tears
Well, I say we should not compromise. TSA or private, the practices are still inapporpriate, so I would not focus on being “anti-TSA” as much as opposing the policies altogether. Otherwise, we send the wrong message. Just MHO.
Chani, Your comment is right on. The stripsearches and porn scans are inappropriate and a violation of our 4th amendment rights no matter who conducts them.
The private contractors are simply operating under the direction of TSA.