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This smells a lot like agents getting a bonus for seizing cash over $10k which the TSA keeps. When a chain of people start aggressively enforcing laws for thei

by ck2 13y ago

This smells a lot like agents getting a bonus for seizing cash over $10k which the TSA keeps. When a chain of people start aggressively enforcing laws for their own gain without giving a damn what the original intent of the law was, very strange things start happening in society.

ewoodrich 13y ago
The TSA has over 50,000 employees serving transit related functions. If they were "getting a bonus" for seizing cash, shouldn't we have heard from >1 officer who was complicit in this? I understand the motivations for skepticism over TSA practices, but I don't think that justifies baseless speculation about unlawful institutional practices like you describe (LEOs don't receive a bonus tied to civil forfeiture, which would be far more likely)
- ck2 13y ago
  How do you explain the excessive seizures of everything by the TSA? They auction massive lots of things they take from people, where do you think all that money goes? Certainly not back to taxpayers. If there is not a bonus, then it is something more subtle like a performance review perk. Unless it just boils down to TSA agents enjoying being a-holes. Remember the TSA has not prevented one single incident, in fact they constantly fail security tests, which is also swept under the rug. The TSA is theater, pure and simple, and they've learned to put on a big show or face extinction, starting at the individual job level all the way up the organization. I am also pretty sure they are astroturfing against negative comments about them (not accusing you of that, just saying it seems to be a pattern on the internet).
- 1337biz 13y ago
  Due to recent events the government has maneuvered itself in a situation where any rumor of misbehavior has become a realistic expectation. Even forms of denial are most likely worded by an army of lawyers leaving it pretty much open like a lyrical poem where you have to put in much guesswork to figure out potential "true" meanings thereof.

by ck2 13y ago

ewoodrich 13y ago

The TSA has over 50,000 employees serving transit related functions. If they were "getting a bonus" for seizing cash, shouldn't we have heard from >1 officer who was complicit in this? I understand the motivations for skepticism over TSA practices, but I don't think that justifies baseless speculation about unlawful institutional practices like you describe (LEOs don't receive a bonus tied to civil forfeiture, which would be far more likely)

ck2 13y ago
How do you explain the excessive seizures of everything by the TSA? They auction massive lots of things they take from people, where do you think all that money goes? Certainly not back to taxpayers. If there is not a bonus, then it is something more subtle like a performance review perk. Unless it just boils down to TSA agents enjoying being a-holes. Remember the TSA has not prevented one single incident, in fact they constantly fail security tests, which is also swept under the rug. The TSA is theater, pure and simple, and they've learned to put on a big show or face extinction, starting at the individual job level all the way up the organization. I am also pretty sure they are astroturfing against negative comments about them (not accusing you of that, just saying it seems to be a pattern on the internet).
1337biz 13y ago
Due to recent events the government has maneuvered itself in a situation where any rumor of misbehavior has become a realistic expectation. Even forms of denial are most likely worded by an army of lawyers leaving it pretty much open like a lyrical poem where you have to put in much guesswork to figure out potential "true" meanings thereof.