WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) -- A decade after he created the Transportation Safety Administration, Rep. John Mica (R) Florida says the agency it too large and too reactive.
Congressman Mica believes the agents should work for a private security firm and the government TSA should provide intelligence only.
"Government has failed," said Rep. Mica, "During 9-11 it wasn't private screening that failed; it was the government who failed to put protocols in place."
TSA started in 2001 as a $2 billion agency employing 16,500 people. Now the agency costs $9 billion with 63,000 employees.
"When you have an army...you will have problems with personnel," said the congressman referring to the arrests of some agents accused of stealing $40,000 from a checked luggage.
4 comments:
I agree - get rid of Thousands Standing Around while Totally Screwing Aviation
Yup, put them out of work too. They are totally ineffective anyway. In ten years they have never caught a terrorist and still have occasions of contraband, such as guns, slipping through.
They could sell all that confiscated stuff, I.E. nail files, wine openers, shampoo, etc, and probably fund their furlows
C'mon...who's gonna strip search the women if the TSA is disbanded? Who's gonna act like they own you when they're gone? Most importantly, how are illicit drugs gonna move around the country if these goons lose the authority to do whatever they want, in the name of "security", and by "security" I mean making sure the cocaine is always secure. Is one of the requirements to be hired is one must be at least 100 pounds overweight, too?
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