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Posted on 04/03/2026 5:05:19 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
🚨 GREAT NEWS: Trump’s budget bill submitted to Congress today begins the process of PRIVATIZING TSA
Airports taking part in a test program which TSA pays private screeners have ALREADY proven significant cost savings, per the White House
PRIVATIZE IT! 🔥
WHITE HOUSE: “The Budget begins the privatization of TSA's airport screeners by requiring small airports to enroll in the Screening Partnership Program, under which TSA pays for private screeners at designated airports.
The airports that already use this program have demonstrated savings compared to Federal screening operations.
The move would yield cost savings compared to Federal screening and begin reform of a troubled Federal agency.”
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The TSA could go on ICE raids, frisking protestors.
Secondly, I think it will be a cold day in hell before Congress ever allows TSA to be privatized. The airline industry has too much to lose.
‘ The TSA could go on ICE raids, frisking protestors.’
Oops. 4th amendment.
TSA is just a jobs program for Democrat voters.
Fat women and 70 IQ men.
The Federal government has many of them.
Fewer non-military federal employees is always a good thing.
If some terror organization is determined to take down a jetliner, they’ll just shoot it down with a Stinger, not with a shoe bomb.
Oops, joke
As Tiny Tom Daschle said:
You can’t professionalize until you Federalize.
Really?
Hard to tell.
Close the entire department. Why do we need to spy on innocent citizens.
Yup.
Really? You’ve been on FR that long and you can’t tell.
It spoils the punch line if every joke or sarcasm has to have/s. Oh well
The airline industry doesn’t want the TSA in place to save itself money. It wants the TSA in place because it eliminates any liability on the part of airlines for security failures.
When Bush reorganized airport security, TSA was supposed to be private, but Democrats forced them to be nationalized, despite Bush’s opposition.
So, privatizing it should made Bush happy!
I don’t think TSA was ever supposed to be private, though maybe it was envisioned as a public-private arrangement. GWB’s Secretary of Transportation, Norm Mineta, was a big advocate of making airline security a government function.
Grok:
“Serious breaches” differ from the more common access-control lapses (e.g., people walking the wrong way through exit lanes or skipping ID checks). The latter numbered over 300 since March 2023 (mostly minor re-entries or podium evasions), but authorities typically caught those individuals later.
Key Insights on Serious Risks
Undercover “Red Team” Testing: These DHS Inspector General tests simulate serious threats (fake guns, knives, explosives). They reveal systemic vulnerabilities:
2015: 95% failure rate (67/70 tests succeeded in getting items through).
~2017: 70–80%+ failure rate (still very high, though improved).
More recent results are largely classified, with no strong public evidence of major gains. These are not “actual” breaches but highlight how often real threats could succeed.
Historical Context: A 2011 congressional report noted over 25,000 security breaches at U.S. airports from ~2001–2011 (including access violations and screening bypasses). Not all were “serious,” but thousands involved improper access or unscreened items.
Real-World Incidents: Public records show occasional successful bypasses or near-misses (e.g., people boarding without proper screening or prohibited items found post-screening), but confirmed cases of dangerous items fully evading detection and reaching aircraft are not tallied publicly and appear infrequent.
**I think it will be a cold day in hell before Congress ever allows TSA to be privatized. The airline industry has too much to lose.**
The screeners did their job on 911. Box cutters were allowed on planes.
The airlines were happy to turn over the baggage checkers to the government. Look what it got them. Reminds me of ObamaCare. The HMO’s supported it-full emolymyment.
Pass the damn SAVE Act in the Senate already.
Bush caved to starting TSA ran by the industry instead of government.
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