Posted on 12/14/2011 9:59:41 PM PST by John S Mosby
Released Nov. 16th, 2011 "The analysis of TSA, a federal bureaucracy plagued by significant administrative and operational problems, was prepared by the majority staff of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee."
From the report:"“TSA wasted $39 million to procure 207 Explosive Trace Detection Portals . . . deployed only 101 because the machines could not consistently detect explosives . . . [and] . . . paid the Department of Defense $600 per unit to dispose of the useless machines.” In addition: “TSA deployed 500 Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) devices in a haphazard and easily thwarted manner at a cost of more than $122 million . . . By 2013 . . . the total cost to taxpayers for AIT deployment will reach almost half a billion dollars. In 2010, GAO . . . found that ‘it remains unclear whether the AIT would have detected [the Underwear Bomber]’” and “the effectiveness of these devices . . . remains questionable.”
(Excerpt) Read more at transportation.house.gov ...
Here is link to the government PDF of the report, should you wish to read it. Recommend at least two stiff drinks during reading. 24 pages.
s3.documentcloud.org/.../house-gop-report-a-call-for-tsa-reform.pdf
Sorry, it is not a link but cut and paste to browser.
If someone has a link, post it. Or search the title of the report “A Decade Later: a Call for TSA Reform”
Has the TSA ever passed the tests to intercept a weapon hidden in a suitcase? They seem to let them go right through the scanners while they are busy harassing old ladies in wheel chairs.
Dismantle the TSA!!!
So, in all this time, how many explosive devices and dangerous weapons have they found, confiscated, and have the carrier convicted.
2?
1?
0?
Meanwhile, grandpas prothesis and baby’s diapers are worse for wear.
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