As expected, Homeland Security has the wrong priorities

Good day all. A couple of weeks ago, a story came out regarding how the serial gropers of the Transportation Security Administration, (TSA), had been successful in finding 5 percent of bombs and other weapons during searches.

Now you would think that the first thing the TSA and Department of Homeland Security would do is take measures to correct this rather glaring problem. You would be mistaken. Here are the details of what they intend to do from the Washington Post:

The inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday that he is investigating the leak of classified information from an undercover operation in which investigators were able to slip through airport security with weapons and phony bombs more than 95 percent of the time. “We have started an investigation to determine where the leak was,” Inspector General John Roth told the Senate Homeland Security Committee.

The information received widespread attention in the news media and on Capitol Hill. Roth told the panel that he had briefed top officials about his findings without the information leaking to the public. “I was as disturbed as anyone that this information got into the media,” he said.

In other words, they were going to do everything they could to bury the report on just how worthless the TSA is.

He declined to discuss in Tuesday’s public hearing any aspect of the investigation, in which auditors from his department were able to carry weapons or bomb-like material through airport-security checkpoints in 67 of 70 attempts this year.

Gee, I wonder why he declined to discuss this? Well, others were ready to discuss this fiasco.

“What we’re doing clearly isn’t working,” said Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.). “We need to think outside the box.”

Acting TSA Administrator Melvin Carraway was forced from the job last week after reports of the airport-security issues became public.

Acting administrator? What happened to the last one? Probably moved on to a new career in the food services industry at the local Denny’s.

Former TSA head John S. Pistole said last week that some people assigned to test airport security might have had the upper hand because they were intimately familiar with checkpoint operations. He also said that unlike terrorists, intelligence-gathering networks don’t alert the TSA of their planned operations.

I hate to be the one to break it to you, but those “Intelligence Gathering Networks” haven’t been doing to well of late. To busy spying on conservatives and Tea Party members don’t you know. By the way, would you bring me the Meat Lover’s Omelette with a cup of coffee, black, no sugar? Thanks.

The hearing came five days after the release of an inspector general report that said the TSA did not identify 73 aviation industry workers whose links to terrorism should have raised suspicion. Those workers, who had badges that gave them access to secure airport areas, were not identified in the report, and the reasons they should have been flagged were not specified.

I had forgotten that part of the report.

The report said, however, that the TSA was “generally effective in identifying credential holders with links to terrorism.” It said the agency had revoked 58 airport badges since 2003 because of security concerns.

Let me guess. They checked the voter roles and all those Tea Party membership files the IRS demanded? Yep, that’s a great way to stop those “Cunning terrorists.” And then we have the typical Progressive Liberal Democrat answer to everything. Throw more money at the problem.

Although the TSA was not invited to participate in Tuesday’s hearing, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) spoke up on the agency’s behalf. “As we all sit and pound the desk and say how bad the TSA is, we have to remember that we keep cutting their money,” McCaskill said.

The solution is simple. Disband the TSA and contact out with the Israelis. They know how to run airport security, and unlike you moonbats, they won’t hesitate for a second to profile people on their appearance or actions.

Thatisall

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