The “s” in TSA doesn’t stand for security
Aug 27, 2007 | 8:15 am
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The “s” in TSA doesn’t stand for security
It was some summer for the Transportation Security Administration. When the federal agency wasn’t busy busting toddlers for carrying unauthorized sippy cups through a checkpoint or stopping four-year-old “terrorists” from boarding a flight, it was issuing indecipherable press releases, like this one about its latest Secure Flight initiative, in an apparent effort to bore would-be hijackers into surrender.
Full article at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20427838/.
Aug 27, 2007 | 11:08 am
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I'd say:
Unfortunately, that lesson won't be learned anytime soon ... 
Lesson learned: The amount of money we throw at a problem doesn't matter if the resources are wasted and policies are implemented by incompetent people who couldn't secure a wet paper bag. This agency needs to be scrapped and security needs to be rebuilt properly from the ground up.
Aug 27, 2007 | 2:32 pm
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Aug 27, 2007 | 2:42 pm
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Aug 27, 2007 | 4:58 pm
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Uh, what else do you know about me? Anything that pertains to my life OUTSIDE FT? Anything specific to the topic at hand? Do you work for TSA? Am I going to get SSSSed every time from now on? Will you take away my freedom of expression along with my pudding? Too many questions for you to answer?
Aug 27, 2007 | 5:14 pm
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On that note... let's discuss what we can do to prevent another polio outbreak among the Amish...
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