by Christopher Elliott

One of the more interesting reactions to last week's post arguing that the TSA as we know it is dead came from a publicist for one of the airline trade associations.

In a polite but insistent email, he claimed I'd misunderstood the congressional testimony by one of his executives. The airline industry rep was criticizing government regulations -- not the TSA -- for being expensive, inconsistent and reactive, he said.

It made me wonder: Why would airlines not want to be seen as criticizing the TSA? Everyone else is.