Then, I have to wonder why the pastor of my church was not up there. He's an ex-missionary, worked under horrendous conditions in third world countries, and you ignore him and the sacrifices he made and awarded it to one of your own?

Or, on a non-religious theme, how about Stephen Hawking who, while severely handicapped, has advanced comsological theory enormously while confined to a wheelchair and barely able to move? His magnificent mind refuses the bounds of his disability?

I'm only saying this because nothing in the above quote referenced employment in the TSA.

I could go on with lots of others even more worthy, but I think you get my point: I seriously doubt this was a non-TSA lifetime achievement award; I think it was directed to the TSA employees.

Just be honest with us.