That's one of my points I was trying to make. Very little information is being issued to the public so we know that TSA employees are being fired / punished / charged criminally for their actions. Are TSA employees being charged or are they untouchable? Is the TSA turning over evidence of illegal acts to local authorities or not? What actions are they faced with after being found guilty of improper conduct? And further, not to issue out ideas and instructions to terrorists, but it sure would be nice to know how many attempts or illegal acts the TSA has stopped. Show me something that will provide proof that these searches are doing what it is intended to do. For me, I still think the weakest link is the airport employees and not the passengers, but the passengers keep being subjected to more invasive searches.

I have been able to find little about the actual punishment of TSA employees, or what their work contracts allow for their punishment. I can find all sorts of fines and penalties the TSA is allowed to issue out to passengers, but nothing about their actions and in most cases information is with held about the employees.

Fliers can be fined for attitude, ''Attitude'' is listed among the ''aggravating factors'' that can result in a fine. Other criteria include the type of item, evidence of a passenger's intent and history of previous violations. Civil penalties now range from $250 to $10,000."
Outside the Beltway Article

If the passengers can be fined for a bad attitude, what is the penalty for a TSA employee with a bad attitude. I have not had an extremely disturbing incident with the TSA and do not object to the screening. But I can see where many people could get the wrong TSA screener on the wrong day and create a big problem. I don't hold all TSA employees as bad and part of the evil empire, but the TSA should start worrying about fixing their own in house problems more seriously. And one of those problems would be public relations.