Originally Posted by
chollie
I wonder if he can be taken aside and assured that TSA's SPOT program really is a resounding success, and they'd love to tell him (and the taxpayers) all about the evildoers they've caught, but that information is ...SSI.
Wouldn't matter, as Wally Bird said above. Congress and the GAO and even the DHS IG have been fulminating about TSA's stupid, costly, untested policies and procedures for years, but unless they cut the comforting flow of $$$$$$$$, TSA will just ignore them. And Congress doesn't have the courage to cut the funding.
Originally Posted by
eyecue
I have seen it work. The problem is that it is not a universally known, tangible process and those that are not educated about it dont understand how it works or why. TSA did gather stats on it in the early years. I dont believe those were ever published. Has it been misused? Probably, just like the police abuse radar for traffic enforcement. And lets not forget to take into account the interviews might not have been answered by those employees that are most versed in PC answers.
And I can turn straw into gold. It doesn't matter that centuries of conventional science say it's impossible,
I've seen it happen. It's not a universally known tangible process and those that are not educated about it don't understand how it works or why.
I could tell you about it, but, ya know, it's RGSSI.
