Originally Posted by CameraGuy

I'll be the first to say that there are many good screeners across the country. The problem is that the 20 to 25 percent that are power hungry jackasses taint the whole bunch.

Now, for your list:

Manipulating lives: The TSA manipulates my life every time I pass through a checkpoint.

controlling relationships: The TSA controlles the relationship between myself and the airline and car rental companies when I decide to drive 7 or 8 hours instead of flying. That also controls my relationship with my family.

divorcing yourself from morals in order to achieve a certain objective: Screeners do this every day when they follow Kip Hawley's idiotic rules.

Face it, the TSA is an overblown workfare program to attempt to employ as many unemployable people as possible. Not all TSA employees are unemployable, but I'd say at least 75% of the entire workforce is unemployable at their current salary and benefit level.