TSA Facing Death By a Thousand Cuts

OverTheGeicoE writes "The Transportation Security Administration is getting a lot of negative attention, much of it from the U.S. government itself. A recent congressional report blasted the TSA for being incompetent and ineffective (PDF). A bill to force the TSA to reduce its screening of active duty U.S. military members and their families was approved unanimously by the House of Representatives. After a TSA employee was arrested for sexually assaulting a woman while in uniform, a bill has been introduced to prevent TSA agents from wearing police-style uniforms and badges or using the title 'officer.' The bill's sponsor calls these practices 'an insult to real cops.' The FBI is getting involved by changing its definition of rape in a way that might expose the TSA's 'enhanced pat-down' screeners to prosecution. Lastly, public support for the TSA's use of X-ray body scanners drops dramatically when people realize there is a cancer risk."

Oh look, the pendulum. It swings back.

[Qzukk]

Now if only America wasn't tied down in the pit underneath it.

Re:Friggen finally

[houstonbofh]

Keep going...

Re:Friggen finally

[PopeAlien]

Maybe they just realized that Santa Claus is watching [youtube.com]

Undress code

[Anonymous Coward]

After a TSA employee was arrested for sexually assaulting a woman while in uniform

You see, this is why I take my uniform off first. But they make a fuss about that too.

Re:About Time!

[Volante3192]

Not true. Congress has an approval rating lower than the IRS.

http://gawker.com/5860272/the-irs-is-more-than-four-times-more-popular-than-congress [gawker.com]

(Yeah, yeah, the IRS rating is from 2009, just enjoy it you nitpicking bastards.)

Re:My Pet Rock Is Better

[oodaloop]

This took about 2 minutes on google.

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/guns/tsa-weve-stopped-1000-guns-so-far-year

Re:My Pet Rock Is Better

[Baloroth]

...a pet rock will only sexually assault you if you want it to.

Huh. I must be buying the wrong kind of pet rocks.

Re:Friggen finally

[chimerafun]

You've gotta be more specific this describes every president since Teddy Roosevelt

Re:My Pet Rock Is Better

[oodaloop]

You do that by...scanning their heart to see if it's made of gold? Racially profile? Thought police? Spell it out, man! You're holding back the secrets to fixing our nation's problems.

Re:Friggen finally

[AmigaMMC]

TSA: Thousands Standing Around. I work for an airline, that's what we call them (and not even behind their back).

Re:About Time!

[Greyfox]

The IRS never fondled my balls. Actually, if they did, I might like them more.

Re:Friggen finally

[formfeed]

Toiletry search agency

Re:Oh look, the pendulum. It swings back.

[ATMAvatar]

Teamwork is socialist. In a capitalist society, we're *supposed* to be fighting one another. We don't come by optimal results by joining together - we do so by pitting everyone against one another and eliminating all but the strongest.

Why do you hate America?