Forgive my inexperience, but I've never traveled outside the US - what do the screeners wear in other countries? What sort of uniforms? Badges? Nametags? Photo IDs? Etc.

I'd like to see TSOs universally decked out in polo shirts, with differing colors for TSO, LTSO, and STSO, with photo IDs prominently displayed on the left breast, and a larger pin-on nameplate on the right with name, rank and an employee ID number that can be used for filing compliments or complaints. AFSDs, FSDs, and other high-level executives could wear suits, but they'd still have to wear the ID prominently on the left breast and the nameplate on the right. People at car rental places have been wearing nameplates on blazers for decades; there is no reason why a high-ranking federal executive with the power to deny your right to unrestricted interstate travel without due process of law couldn't also wear his ID in a clear and consistent manner.

But the current faux police uniform and badge getup is what you get when you appoint a law enforcement professional with little or no security experience to head a security agency instead of a law enforcement agency.

Some people just can't tell the difference between screening, safety, security, screening, law enforcement, criminal investigation, and forced compliance with instructions; to Pistole (as with many Americans, unfortunately), all of these things are the same.