Originally Posted by GradGirl
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain who is saying (five million dollars could have provided your community with dozens of full-time police officers to secure the mall and the bridge and hunt down anti-terror clues and guard borders and ....) : at least we found that one gun!
We could swear in and deputize the TSA screeners as dual roles: customer service/security screening and Law Enforcement. Make them IRS agents too; that way when they see something valuable in your luggage and choose to liberate it, it will be "for the good of the country."