It is reported on king5.com that to "speed up" security - hasn't TSA Administrator Peter Neffenger told us it is about security and not speed - that private contractors are being sought to supplement TSA.

Will private contractors make security any safer? Is "speed up" motivated security about security or convenience?

The Inspector General for Homeland Security, John Roth, has testified about airport security:

We ran multiple tests at eight different airports of different sizes, including large category X airports across the country, and tested airports using private screeners as part of the Screening Partnership Program. The results were consistent across every airport. .... We found layers of security simply missing.

So security simply missing under TSA actual control and under (profit motivated) Private contractors. What is not realized is that EVEN with (profit motivated) private contractor TSA Management is still in control.

What we know about TSA Managements approach to security is for quite sometime Management was more concerned about efficiency outcomes (most likely lines) at the expense of diligent resolution of alarms. TSA also had "disproportionate focus on efficiency and speed in screening operations rather than security effectiveness." This approached was stated by Peter Neffenger, as recently as March 1, 2016.

We also know that TSA Management will seeks to PUNISH those who speak up about security issues. TSA Management punished those who spoke up through involuntary transfers. Those who spoke up about security lapses were told transfer or leave the TSA. TSA Management culture is reported as being a “double standard exists for senior leaders and promotes a shut up and move up”.

This is TSA Management, "double standards", "shut up and move up", retribution against those who raise concerns about security, and over all an approach that is reported to put the public at risk.

How should the public expect a profit motivated contractor to react to TSA Management? Should the public believe that a profit motivated "security" provider that is overseen by the TSA will challenge TSA Management concerning security issues. Should the public believe that a profit motivated security provider hired under the stated purpose to "speed up" will provide security?