Originally Posted by
oenophilist
What argument is there AGAINST having a federal agency that is responsible for airline security, versus putting it into the hands of private companies?
Simple.
There was nothing the TSA does today that would have prevented 9/11.
The TSA did not mandate the end to the horrible policy of giving in to hijackers nor did they require that cockpit doors be reinforced. Those two things would have prevented 9/11.
Everything else the TSA does - including groping your 80-year-old grandmother's crotch to ensure she isn't an Al Qaeda operative - is security theater.