Originally Posted by
BearX220
Saddled with so many undesirables, TSA has a basic choice: defend the public against its own people, or defend its own people against the public. The former would be the equivalent of hacking big holes in the agency's own boat, so management has opted for the latter.
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If TSA had hired more carefully and did not execute its mission is so reprehensible a way, it wouldn't be necessary to go to war against the public. But they're trapped now. They can't call out their own incompetent or corrupt or maniacal employees, because there are so many of them and TSA is dependent on them. They are stuck defending a nationally deployed corps of freelance maniacs, peeping Toms, thieves and bullies. The only managerial solution is to double down and treat the public as a bigger threat than their own malignant workforce.
It isn't just the rank and file that is filled with incompetent employees - the management is filled with the dregs of the federal civil service. When TSA began hiring, people who couldn't advance in the the departments and agencies where they were assigned jumped at the chance for a fresh start. Naturally, they were far from the best and brightest.