Doesn't Exactly Inspire Confidence...!

There is useless...then there is TOTALLY USELESS!

If this doesn't prove just what a bunch of "less than professional" jerks work for the TSA, I don't know what does! The saddest part of this whole thing is that this is probably the norm, and not the exception!

How long is it going to be before folks have had enough and demand some changes be made in the present system? It's obviously broken and non-fixable, and someone needs to start holding the people in charge of this circus responsible!

I guess it's going to take a murder on a plane, or another major crash, or a hostage situation to make the public mad enough to stand up and start shouting! There has to be something or someone that can be punished for this kind of crap!

I say fire all these TSA bums, rip out their worthless, overpriced machines, put back the old fashioned metal detectors, and get things moving again! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

TSA Source: Armed Agent Slips Past DFW Body Scanner

By GRANT STINCHFIELD
Updated 9:00 PM CST, Fri, Feb 18, 2011

An undercover TSA agent was able to get through security at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport with a handgun during testing of the enhanced-imaging body scanners, according to a high-ranking, inside source at the Transportation Security Administration.

The source said the undercover agent carried a pistol in her undergarments when she put the body scanners to the test. The officer successfully made it through the airport's body scanners every time she tried, the source said.

"In this case, where they had a test, and it was just a dismal failure as I'm told," said Larry Wansley, former head of security at American Airlines. "As I've heard (it), you got a problem, especially with a fire arm."

Wansley said covert testing by the TSA is commonplace -- although failing should be rare.

The TSA insider who blew the whistle on the test also said that none of the TSA agents who failed to spot the gun on the scanned image were disciplined. The source said the agents continue to work the body scanners today.

Wansley said that is a problem.

"This was only a test, but it's critically important that you do something, because if that person failed in the real environment, then you have a problem," he said.

The TSA did not deny that the tests took place or the what the results were.

The agency would only provide the following statement:

"Our security officers are one of the most heavily tested federal workforces in the nation. We regularly test our officers in a variety of ways to ensure the effectiveness of our technology, security measures and the overall layered system. For security reasons, we do not publicize or comment on the results of covert tests, however advanced imaging technology is an effective tool to detect both metallic and nonmetallic items hidden on passengers."

TSA agents who spoke to a reporter agreed that the body-imaging scanners are effective -- but only if the officers monitoring them are paying attention.

As far as I'm concerned, the TSA is just another case of too many thugs with a bad case of "I'm better than you and I'm the Boss" attitude! I say it's time for us to start providing a little attitude adjustment for these folks!

Best thing for everyone concerned...is to do away with the TSA, the EPA, the FDA and all the other alphabet agencies that are manned by nothing more than power hungry morons, probably just because they maybe didn't get chosen to be on the base ball team or something when they were children!

Well, it's time to grow up, own up, and get out! We don't need you and really never did! LIVE WITH IT!

C'mon, my friends, let's get some coffee and sit outside for a bit!