[MineralMan]

"the Dems got the TSA bureaucracy in place, they won.
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Bush got TSA in place, not the Dems. This happened on his watch.

[WOSG]

more correctly, Bush 'caved' in a compromise with the Dems to force the security agents to be govt employees. result: overstaffed bureaucracy, main mission: make flying more annoying. i was quite miffed when this happened, it was a big mistake.

IMHO, this whole TSA bureaucracy is just a pointless non-security-enhancing exercise in locking the gate after the horse has bolted.
Are you aware of a single hijacker caught in this net?

Just imagine if instead of 60,000 security guards we used that force *exclusively* on hunting down terrorists worldwide. which application would do more good?

And I like the other question: Do you know of an American citizen hijacker since 1980?