TSA screening works only 'a little better than chance,' according to government report
Found on The Verge on Friday, 15 November 2013
The most damning info comes from a broad analysis of the program in 2011 and 2012, which found wildly different techniques and rates of success.
Given that the TSA has spent almost a billion dollars on the program, that's a pretty poor record. As a result, the GAO is requesting that both Congress and the president withhold funding from the program until the TSA can demonstrate its effectiveness.
The TSA has been a giant failure since it started and never did anything else but to waste money. Even worse, the agents keep harassing passengers for no real reason: they refuse to give sick people access to their medications and pat down babies and little kids.