[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?

[MineralMan]

"more correctly, Bush 'caved' in a compromise with the Dems to force the security agents to be govt employees"

Hello. Bush had a GOP Congress, not a Dem Congress. He didn't cave. He was behind the TSA stuff all the way.

[Alberta's Child]

The TSA has nothing to do with improving airline security, or with adding a bunch of morons to the Federal payroll to generate Democratic votes. It was simply a means of protecting the airline industry from lawsuits by having the Federal government assume responsibility for airline security.

[NittanyLion]

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.

Most correctly, a GOP House passed it, and a GOP White House signed it. The Republican Party is to blame for federalized screeners.