Sadly enough, it appears that Obama has been closely tied to the Cancer box CEO's...

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/b...o-obama-india/

As such, I see this more as a $$$ allocation problem and administrators+lobbyists wanting to seal a lucrative contract, rather than any systematic approach to try to improve security. On the other hand, I don't think it is a systematic approach to try to undermine liberty. The dollars have been spent, and interest will hopefully fade when it slows down the security line, or a frequent flyer sues for a questionably WBI assisted cancer.

TSA got a large chunk of stimulus that OSI salivated over.

http://blog.tsa.gov/2009/10/tsa-to-r...r-airport.html