Originally Posted by
SgtScott31
I agree that it could be done with a much more reasonable budget, but I do not agree that it was done better before federalization. Coming through the checkpoint where I worked, you were lucky if one screener could speak the same language as the other. The pay was horrible because it was a contract private security company who won the lowest bid, and the thoroughness of the screening was horrible.
Really? They did a better job on the Red Team tests than the current crews do. I don't care what language they speak as long as they can identify prohibited items and remove them from the passengers attempting to pass through. I believe that it was done quite well overall.
Originally Posted by
SgtScott31
Airport/mass transit security checkpoints are not going to move out onto the streets of America. We all know this, so I wish everyone would cease from attempting to use the excuse that these type searches are going to move elsewhere.
Tell that to the folks in Washington, DC who are now subject to "Papers, please" when they want to visit certain neighborhoods in their city.
As for OBL, it is not the TSA's role to find or detain him; that is a LEO role. If he has no weapons then he is not a threat to the safety of the air transport system. Lumping the TSA in with LEOs is a farce.