I'm beginning to think there's a larger goal behind this whole fiasco - the shift from NoS as secondary to primary, the correspondingly larger number of people getting patted down, the new and invasive nature of the patdowns, Pistole's aggressive and uncompromising attitude - I think the desired goal is to re-privatize TSA.

It won't result in the experience being any better for the pax. It also won't result in the 'experience' (pay and benefits) being any better for the line TSOs. But someone, possibly related to Chertoff, will be making a LOT of money.