Troubled TSA Continues to be Criticized
The Transportation Safety Administration has had its share of problems this year and they seem to be mounting each week. Last week the agency received criticism after two current and two former screeners for the agency were arrested for allegedly helping the flow of drugs to pass security checkpoints at Los Angeles International Airport.
The latest problems with the agency reveal the uncertainty that has remained about the role of the TSA and how to maintain the safety of the country without violating the rights of air passengers. Many are beginning to believe it may be a cultural difference as people from across the nation are calling their Congressional representatives complaining they have been offended by the actions of the TSA.
Members of Congress believe the TSA may have become much more powerful than what was originally intended when Congress created it following the terrorist attacks of 2001. One Congresswoman wants her bill, the STRIP Act, to prohibit TSA screeners from dressing like policemen or even wearing badges. Another member of Congress wants to see the agency head, John Pistole, lose his job.
TSA has screened over 300 million passengers over the last six months and fewer than 650 people complained about pat-downs, says agency spokesman Kawika Riley. That averages to just a single complaint for 460,000 passengers. He also said it was important for the screeners to have uniforms as it relates to the type of work they perform and the high standards they must uphold.
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If only 650 people out of 300 million complained about TSA, how can it be that Americans hate this agency so mu– hey, wait a second….you don’t suppose TSA might be fudging the numbers do you?
I mean, TSA has never lied to us. Well, except for their “Blogger Bob,” but he’s paid to do that. And they have certainly never been anything but 100% forthcoming. Well, except for the radiation risk of their new scanners.
And, come to think of it, if 300 million people traveled in the last six months, the would mean that every single American man, woman, and child have been on a plane, so what spokesman Kawika Riley really meant was 650 people our of 300 million TRIPS, not passengers, but hey, that’s an honest mistake, right? I’m sure she meant to say that only 65 people have ever complained. Or 650,000. Or six and a half. Whatever. The point is — and I can’t stress this enough — Americans LOVE the TSA! Go Us!
I suspect part of the explanation for having had so few complaints (if that is even true at all, and we know the TSA has been less than honest in the past) is that people are afraid of being put on the no fly list. Also, many just don’t see the point. I have never bothered for that reason. What will it change considering the TSA is not accountable to the US public, or even apparently our President? Instead, I comment on articles like this and am active on We Won’t Fly and Abolish the TSA FB profiles.