Bomber is CIA agent

[onthurdays]

We fight a fabled enemy, the likes of which can never be defeated.


http://m.cbsnews.com/fullstory.rbml?...videofeed=null

[El Caliente]

To be honest, TSA agents aren't the sharpest knife in the cutlery cabinet. All you need to be a TSA agent is GED, and a desire to protect your country (but they never say which country). I also find it very interesting that all these bombs that they have busted people with were only busted because they never went off.

I want my money back.

[Devildog]

TSA's Program to Spot Terrorists a $200M Sham?

By Armen Keteyian

Times Square bombing suspect Faisal Shahzad was arrested after he boarded a plane headed for Dubai, though the government is spending millions each year on a program that's supposed to spot terrorists before they reach the gate. As CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports, the program doesn't seem to be working.

There's a hidden layer of airport security most people don't know about. It's called "behavior detection," and involves specially trained Transportation Security Administration employees whose primary mission is to spot terrorists.

They look for unique facial expressions and body language that may identify a potential threat. About 3,000 of these officers work at 161 U.S. airports -- costing taxpayers nearly $200 million in 2009. This year, the TSA asked Congress for $20 million more to expand the program.

But CBS News has learned that the program is failing to catch terrorists. It's never even caught one.

In fact, sources tell CBS News a Government Accountability Office investigation is raising serious questions about the program.

The GAO uncovered at least 16 individuals later accused of involvement in terrorist plots flew 23 different times through U.S. airports since 2004. Yet none were stopped by TSA behavior detection officers working at those airports.

TSA's Program to Spot Terrorists a $200M Sham? - CBS News

[efil4stnias]

it was another form of placating the masses...the TSA is nothing more than window dressing for those who MUST fly.

Funny thing is, without TSA the same number of people would still fly. So now, TSA has just become a bloated governmental expenditure.

oh and it provides jobs. Is that a silver lining?

[MLU]

Regardless of TSA's issues, its still FAR better than the airlines handling it like before.

[El Caliente]

Uh, what? No it's not. Do you remember flying before TSA? No weird people touching you. Didn't have to take your shoes off. You could come through with a drink in your hand and Popeyes in the other. It was a metal detector and freedom to fly. Now it's questioning, and people trying to cop a feel.

[staphory]

Originally Posted by El Caliente

Uh, what? No it's not. Do you remember flying before TSA? No weird people touching you. Didn't have to take your shoes off. You could come through with a drink in your hand and Popeyes in the other. It was a metal detector and freedom to fly. And don't forget the opportunity to bring your box cutter on board and fly wherever you want. Now it's questioning, and people trying to cop a feel.

Fify

[El Caliente]

And every other week planes were falling from the skies or being taken over. Come on now, we all know that if somebody is determined enough not heaven or hell is going to stop them. TSA and the manor in which they conduct business makes me feel about as safe as jumping into a pool filled with sharks, alligators, and a lion with nothing to protect me but a whistle.

Does anyone else find it odd that for a security department not a single TSA agent even so much as a whistle or pepper spray. I know I wouldn't have trusted 80% of my coworkers with those things while I was working with TSA, but for a danger deterant that doesn't make me feel to safe.

[Dre]

A metal detector wouldn't have caught this guy

[El Caliente]

Neither did TSA, their millions of dollars in equipment, or their millions I dollars in training.

It's like ordering a burger and getting an old tuna fish sandwich. It's not what we ordered, so can we have our money back.

[hardheadjungle]

did any see the live espn where tim hassabeck defend that the saints was just a escape goat on this so.called bountry.

[Geldo]

Originally Posted by El Caliente

Uh, what? No it's not. Do you remember flying before TSA? No weird people touching you. Didn't have to take your shoes off. You could come through with a drink in your hand and Popeyes in the other. It was a metal detector and freedom to fly. Now it's questioning, and people trying to cop a feel.

Not long after 9/11 I had to do a story on how security at cargo airports was also being tightened up. I went to the international freight terminal at East Midlands Airport and put my belongings in the little plastic box, took my shoes off etc, went through the scanners and then put everything back on.

When I was standing on the runway talking to the guy loading the plane, I had one of those 'damn, did I pick my keys up' moments. I put my hands in my pocket and to my relief I found them....I also realised that I had forgotten to remove them from the key ring I use - a swiss army knife.

Now I only use the blade to tighten the screw on my glasses, but cripes, it's not exactly reassuring that in the middle of the biggest airline security crackdown in history I was able to walk through the checks at an international airport with a knife.

[drob8785]

Originally Posted by El Caliente

To be honest, TSA agents aren't the sharpest knife in the cutlery cabinet. All you need to be a TSA agent is GED, and a desire to get a job. I also find it very interesting that all these bombs that they have busted people with were only busted because they never went off.

I want my money back.

Fixed.

[El Caliente]

Originally Posted by drob8785

Fixed.

Now when you say job, define that. I would fix it to "willing to pick up a paycheck for little to no effort" rather than "job" which would entail working.

We have all been there.In that line Monday morning. Trying to catch that flight. The line is 45 min long. Not much work going on there (and if so it is a misappropriation of talent).

[Devildog]

I couldn't work for the TSA because I have common sense.