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TSA Cooked The Books For Years On Costs, Federal Vs Private Screening
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a letter to Transportation Committee Chairman John L. Mica (R-FL) that confirms the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has used faulty data and withheld information when evaluating and comparing the costs of the all-federal screening model and an (avstop.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Privatization means profit, there's no economy for the citizenry whose representatives enacted the law, politicians love to privatize are simply looking for campaign funding. We all lose.
Interesting response. Seems the Israelis' wouldn't trust this company to do their own security... cost effective or not. They have the most secure airport in the world (by a substantial long shot). They use police and IDF soldiers... all government employees. The bottom line is that they don't shortchange security... you get what you pay for.
Realize that the outsourcing of private security to alien-led corporations (ICTS / Huntleigh owned by Israeli co.) does us no favors. Too many times a non-USA firm is involved with critical security details or some situation ignores foreign ownership realities (Boeing vs. Airbus military production of refueling tankers, for instance) as a possible vulnerability that no military strategist can well ignore.
Scum-sucking bribe masters that get cushy no-bid gov't contracts exist because the gov't pretends to have done oversight, and the secrecy being expanded will not improve the product of stinking recycled scum such as blackwater changing their name but not the diaper load.
That does not mean that we can't have decent private co. results, or that gov't-run programs are always good or bad, but seem to drift towards somewhere between pathetic and horrendously wasteful- on a good day.
With the same bribe-takers in charge of power consolidation in a criminal obamanation- what makes anyone think that the savior of victims of private company abuse is through the tainted bureaucracy- except hypnotic trance creation of messiah complex?
No answer to the question of who can rescue the victims of gov't abuse at the hands of TSA goonsquad etc.- just worried about corp. victims, huh?
Every dollar wasted could have been monumentally more productive (for the taxpayer citizens serious about the future for their children) by adding to the shrinking Border Patrol working the front lines, not groping Grammy in the air conditioned terminal.
Rather interesting that the head Pistole shoots self in foot by claiming:
On January 28th, TSA Administrator Pistole denied the pending contract screening program requests of five airports and announced a hold on expanding the program beyond the current 16 airports, stating that there was not “any clear or substantial advantage to do so at this time.”
Translation: bribe levels and favoritism (future cushy private sector jobs- see FDA workers leaving to get $$$ private consulting gigs to schmooze former compadres back at FDA; can anyone say revolving door?) have not been agreed upon to satisfactory conclusion.
Scum-sucking bribe masters that get cushy no-bid gov't contracts exist because the gov't pretends to have done oversight, and the secrecy being expanded will not improve the product of stinking recycled scum such as blackwater changing their name but not the diaper load.
That does not mean that we can't have decent private co. results, or that gov't-run programs are always good or bad, but seem to drift towards somewhere between pathetic and horrendously wasteful- on a good day.
With the same bribe-takers in charge of power consolidation in a criminal obamanation- what makes anyone think that the savior of victims of private company abuse is through the tainted bureaucracy- except hypnotic trance creation of messiah complex?
No answer to the question of who can rescue the victims of gov't abuse at the hands of TSA goonsquad etc.- just worried about corp. victims, huh?
Every dollar wasted could have been monumentally more productive (for the taxpayer citizens serious about the future for their children) by adding to the shrinking Border Patrol working the front lines, not groping Grammy in the air conditioned terminal.
Rather interesting that the head Pistole shoots self in foot by claiming:
On January 28th, TSA Administrator Pistole denied the pending contract screening program requests of five airports and announced a hold on expanding the program beyond the current 16 airports, stating that there was not “any clear or substantial advantage to do so at this time.”
Translation: bribe levels and favoritism (future cushy private sector jobs- see FDA workers leaving to get $$$ private consulting gigs to schmooze former compadres back at FDA; can anyone say revolving door?) have not been agreed upon to satisfactory conclusion.
Because Cheney has a pair, David! J/k
And why did we invade Iraq?
5 deferment Cheney has a real pair? Haha, good one! True patriot!
wow, the government more efficient than private enterprise? I've never seen that, please explain.
In the mean time, we won't change TSA unless we insist on our Congress and elected officials start flying on the same commercial flights we all fly on. Once they get a taste of the inefficiency and have to waith in line and take off their shoes the fur will fly. I was recently on a commercial flight with Dick Cheney. He isn't affraid to be out in public and takes his chances with the rest of us. Some guys have a real pair I guess...
In the mean time, we won't change TSA unless we insist on our Congress and elected officials start flying on the same commercial flights we all fly on. Once they get a taste of the inefficiency and have to waith in line and take off their shoes the fur will fly. I was recently on a commercial flight with Dick Cheney. He isn't affraid to be out in public and takes his chances with the rest of us. Some guys have a real pair I guess...