TSA Described as Bloated and Ineffective by Congress
November 17, 2011
And you thought you'd have to settle for one or the other!
From
USA Today:
The Transportation Security Administration is plagued by significant problems, a congressional report said Wednesday on the 10th anniversary of Congress creating the agency.
According to the report "A Decade Later: A Call for TSA Reform," the problems include:
* A bloated bureaucracy with 65,000 workers.
* An ineffective agency with 25,000 security breaches in the last decade.
* A buyer of inadequate technology, including 500 advanced-imaging technology machines that are "easily thwarted."
"Unfortunately, TSA has lost its way," Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said during a Wednesday news conference at Reagan National Airport near Washington.
"It is time for reform," he added.
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