> The government does a lot of dumb things but I do not think the entire TSA would exist if it was only 5% effective. What if it's 95% effective at providing j

> The government does a lot of dumb things but I do not think the entire TSA would exist if it was only 5% effective. What if it's 95% effective at providing jobs and funnelling money from the government to private enterprises (who just so also happen to lobby for more laws and such that just so happens to also support the expansion of the TSA, or purchasing, or hiring, or...). Basically - you assume that the purpose of the TSA is about security. You also make the assumption that, even if it were about security and everything was on the up-and-up (yeah, right) - that if it were only 5% effective that it would be shut down. I am almost 100% certain that there are and have been many, many programs in the past that have lasted for a far longer period of time than the TSA has so far, which were/are less than or equal to 5% effectiveness for their supposed purpose. Again - likely because their primary purpose has no connection to their actual purpose, which is the funnelling of money from the public coffers to the private sector.