Death to the Tsa
Death to the TSA
The Transportation Security Administration, or TSA, was born in the turmoil following the horrible events of September 11. The logic behind its creation was that since contemporary airport security had failed to prevent the September 11 terrorist attacks, airport security needed to be redesigned. The result was a massive, nationalized, airport security force that costs the US government $7.6 billion each year and costs the American people some of their most basic rights. Ladies and Gentlemen of the US Congress, I come before you today to insist that the TSA be abolished and US Airports be permitted to return to privatized airport security. For the TSA has proven mutable times they are grossly incompetent at detecting security threats, actively disrespect and violate the rights of passengers, and privatize security forces have shown to be more both more efficient and less expensive. I will now elaborate on my first point: that the TSA has been shown to be grossly incompetent at detecting security threats. Two years ago, in mid December, Farid Seif, a Houston businessman boarded his flight for a routine business trip to New York City. However after his plane touched down at Kennedy Airport he reached into his computer bag and realized he’d accidentally brought this loaded .40 caliber handgun onto the plane. I wish I could say this is an isolated incident, but sadly, it is not. The Department of Homeland security regularly tests TSA security checkpoints by having federal agents, carrying guns or fake explosives, attempt to board planes disguised as passengers. And according to the department of Homeland security, these agents successfully board planes over 70% of the time. In fact, in a recent test at Newark airport, even though TSA agents were warned a test was taking place, 20 out of the 22 “terrorists” successfully boarded planes, that’s a failure rate of over 90%. This high failure rate may explain why, according to the Unites States
The Transportation Security Administration, or TSA, was born in the turmoil following the horrible events of September 11. The logic behind its creation was that since contemporary airport security had failed to prevent the September 11 terrorist attacks, airport security needed to be redesigned. The result was a massive, nationalized, airport security force that costs the US government $7.6 billion each year and costs the American people some of their most basic rights. Ladies and Gentlemen of the US Congress, I come before you today to insist that the TSA be abolished and US Airports be permitted to return to privatized airport security. For the TSA has proven mutable times they are grossly incompetent at detecting security threats, actively disrespect and violate the rights of passengers, and privatize security forces have shown to be more both more efficient and less expensive. I will now elaborate on my first point: that the TSA has been shown to be grossly incompetent at detecting security threats. Two years ago, in mid December, Farid Seif, a Houston businessman boarded his flight for a routine business trip to New York City. However after his plane touched down at Kennedy Airport he reached into his computer bag and realized he’d accidentally brought this loaded .40 caliber handgun onto the plane. I wish I could say this is an isolated incident, but sadly, it is not. The Department of Homeland security regularly tests TSA security checkpoints by having federal agents, carrying guns or fake explosives, attempt to board planes disguised as passengers. And according to the department of Homeland security, these agents successfully board planes over 70% of the time. In fact, in a recent test at Newark airport, even though TSA agents were warned a test was taking place, 20 out of the 22 “terrorists” successfully boarded planes, that’s a failure rate of over 90%. This high failure rate may explain why, according to the Unites States
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