The TSA and Airport (In)Security

A few things. First, yet another TSA inspector has been accused of stealing iPads. The link: http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/04/13/3882741/tsa-inspector-accused-of-stealing.html

" According to airport police, a traveler reported Jan. 24 that his iPad 2 had been stolen and that he had traced it electronically to a home in Bedford owned by Dovel.

" While arresting Dovel in that case, airport police discovered another iPad in Dovel's leather satchel. Dovel told authorities that the iPad was his but that he couldn't remember where he bought it, according to police reports.

" Using that iPad's serial number, police traced it to a Grand Prairie man who had reported that it was stolen as he traveled through Terminal E in May. "

So they got him with two stolen iPads. But according to the article, this had been going on for the past eight months. It really makes me wonder how many more devices this person might have absconded with.

But there's also this: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=50807

Here we learn that "Big Sis," the Director of the Department of Homeland Security (Department of Hussein's Sycophants) might have perjured herself in testifying about the "Fast and Furious" scandal.

" Inside sources told Pavlich that Napolitano’s testimony was in direct contradiction to emails she exchanged, and reports and briefing she received, according to an exclusive preview of the book by Human Events. "

So Ms Clownitano's testimony was in direct contradiction to emails she had sent. Oops.

But the most damning thing, I think, is this: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303815404577335783535660546.html

The title is "Why Airport Security Is Broken - And How To Fix It."

The writer of the article, Mr Kip Hawley, is a former director of the TSA, so he should know.

" More than a decade after 9/11, it is a national embarrassment that our airport security system remains so hopelessly bureaucratic and disconnected from the people whom it is meant to protect. Preventing terrorist attacks on air travel demands flexibility and the constant reassessment of threats. It also demands strong public support, which the current system has plainly failed to achieve. "

But it goes further.

" I tried to follow these principles as the head of the TSA, and I believe that the agency made strides during my tenure. But I readily acknowledge my share of failures as well. I arrived in 2005 with naive notions of wrangling the organization into shape, only to discover the power of the TSA's bureaucratic momentum and political pressures. " (emphasis and italics added.)

You need to start at the top. Get rid of Ms Clownitano and the entire TSA is where I'd start.