Defund TSA, go back to outsourcing its airport responsibilities and reuse the funds to bolster the agencies actually fighting terrorism.
For all the focus on reforming Immigrations and Custom Enforcement (ICE), the agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) most in need of defunding is the Transportation Security Agency (TSA).
Founded in the wake of 9/11, the TSA was a response to the hijackers’ use of box cutters to take control of the four airliners that were used to destroy the World Trade Center, damage the Pentagon, and potentially the White House. Prior to 9/11, passenger screening was conducted by private security screeners employed by the airports and airlines and the logic was that a government agency could do a better job.
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TSA’s Time Has Come
Steve Smith
Defund TSA, go back to outsourcing its airport responsibilities and reuse the funds to bolster the agencies actually fighting terrorism.
For all the focus on reforming Immigrations and Custom Enforcement (ICE), the agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) most in need of defunding is the Transportation Security Agency (TSA).
Founded in the wake of 9/11, the TSA was a response to the hijackers’ use of box cutters to take control of the four airliners that were used to destroy the World Trade Center, damage the Pentagon, and potentially the White House. Prior to 9/11, passenger screening was conducted by private security screeners employed by the airports and airlines and the logic was that a government agency could do a better job.
Read the op-ed here.
Nothing contained in this blog is to be construed as necessarily reflecting the views of the Pacific Research Institute or as an attempt to thwart or aid the passage of any legislation.