TSA: Specialists in Security "Theater"

The TSA is a variation on the old Soviet joke:  they pretend to protect us and we pretend to be protected.  At three times the cost of private providers.  Our government is wonderful isn't it?

In addition to being large, impersonal, and top-heavy, what really worries critics is that the TSA has become dangerously ineffective. Its specialty is what those critics call "security theater" -- that is, a show of what appear to be stringent security measures designed to make passengers feel more secure without providing real security. "That's exactly what it is," says Mica. "It's a big Kabuki dance."

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Amid-airport-anger_-GOP-takes-aim-at-screening-1576602-108259869.html#ixzz15SqDiiuE