When the TSA started most people perceived the agents as just under the Secret Service. Then it was revealed they are not much different than big box greeters or the part-time worker who rents the shoes to bowlers.
One more thing I can get in here against them:
TSA screeners failed tests to detect explosives, weapons - CNN
According to a report based on an internal investigation, “red teams” with the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General were able to get banned items through the screening process in 67 out of 70 tests it conducted across the nation. Jun 2, 2015
TSA screeners failed tests to detect explosives, weapons - CNN
All you have to do is look at their pics...they check the boxes to get hired and to get away without prosecution.
If you were to fall asleep and wake up at any US international airport you would think you had landed in Somalia.