We can add former FBI agents to the list of subject-matter experts who find the TSA an utter failure and waste of time.
I’d point out respected authorities outside DHS or the TSA itself who say the opposite, but there aren’t any. Guys who know what the hell they’re talking about when it comes to security, air travel, or fighting terrorism are all pretty united on how useless the TSA is, though.
Lest you forget, the author reminds us a a very key point: the TSA has never stopped an actual terror plot. NEVER. Not once.
Social Benefit- Employs the mentally challenged and otherwise unemployable. See the ultra-succesful DEA and ICE for working model.