Huffington Post:
In a series of trials, the Department of Homeland Security was able to smuggle fake explosives, weapons and other contraband past airport screeners in major cities across the country, according to ABC News. Officials briefed on the Homeland Security Inspector General’s investigation told the station that the TSA failed 67 out of 70 tests conducted by the department’s Red Teams — undercover passengers tasked with identifying weaknesses in the screening process, NJ.com reports.
During the tests, DHS agents each tried to bring a banned item past TSA screeners. They succeeded 95 percent of the time.
In yet another example of the “security theater” that is the TSA, this latest in a long line of embarrassments should cause the related departments to seriously look at whether or not the TSA is even worth the effort, money and resources it takes to keep such a sad sack organization propped up.
It’ll take more active public embarrassment to shame legislators into dropping it as a campaign-finance conduit.
Hey, the TSA served its purpose. It employs countless bureaucrats, and has many opportunities for graft.
The TSA is the 9/11 terrorists’ greatest triumph. Getting us to squander billions upon billions of dollars, wasting countless hours for travelers, and giving jobs to people who steal our stuff and abuse their position of power to sexually assault us (http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/tsa-agents-fired-over-alleged-plot-fondle-passengers). And it’s immaterial whether or not you think 9/11 was an inside job. It serves the purposes of the perpetrators of either scenario.