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Shocker: TSA Sucks

Local managers: “Over the course of the past few years, the performance of the TSA here at Newark Liberty International Airport has been on a gradual decline.”

That’s right, it has gotten worse!

Escape from New York… without the pat-down!

In the decade since its inception, the Transportation Security Administration’s record has been abysmal.  Not only do local TSA agents fail to identify 20 out of 22 dangerous items that pass through the scanners (including bombs, guns and knives), but elsewhere in the country there are reports of TSA agents getting tipped off when a “covert” internal readiness test is taking place.

In fact, one bit of security procedure that has made flying safer doesn’t even take place within the airport.  Continue reading