One must ask: How do you measure failure? Is it because some things get through? Is it because the airlines are allowed to have employees come into the secure area without screening? There is no perfection in anything. There is always going to be the "human element" and that leads to breakdowns. There are some people that believe since there has not been anything even remotely resembling 9-11 that TSA is a success. I know that most of the passengers on here would like to have the status quo from the good old days and I am not sure what your real agenda is for that. IT could be that you just hate government or authority, or you just chronic complain about everything. Whatever the case is most of everything on here is anecdotal and just feeds off itself.