THE T.S.A.

TSA: TRANSPORTION STUPIDITY ADMINISTRATION
If it were simply guilty of stupidity, the TSA, the Transportation Security Administration, could almost be forgiven.

Almost.

It’s true that we haven’t suffered a terrorist attack in over seven years but whether that is due to the vigilance of the TSA, due to the investigative skills of the FBI and CIA, due to local police forces, or due to dumb luck is very debatable.

Established in the aftermath of 9/11 because, apparently, America had no need for security prior to that date, the TSA has proven itself to be an inept, lard-ridden, bureaucratic mess staffed with undertrained, underpaid, and undermotivated agents who are seriously in need of remedial classes in common sense and courtesy.

Anyone who has travelled in the last seven years and wended his or her way through the warren of security checks at airports has no doubt encountered a few TSA people up close and personal. I know I have and I’ve seen a few reading newspapers, one doing her nails, and some actually working.

Meanwhile, we have dutifully removed belts, shoes, the contents of our pockets, surrendered our bottles of Perrier, and subjected ourselves to X-rays and in some cases friskings and even body searches. John Gotti endured less official harassment.

The TSA, which is charged with keeping America and Americans and foreign travellers in our land secure, is performing that task in one godawful way. For two analyses of TSA failures, please see http://www.portfolio.com/business-travel/seat-2B/2007/09/11/TSA-Security-Problems and http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul220.html.

In defining itself and its mission, the TSA website states, ...

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