The Transportation Security Administration has managed to publicly embarrass themselves yet again. The TSA let, New Jersey man, Eusebio D. Peraltalajara pass through security with boxcutters in his carryon luggage and board JetBlue Flight 837 to Santiago, Dominican Republic on February 26, 2011.
As Peraltalajara was stowing his bag, he accidentally discovered the boxcutters. To Peraltalajara's credit, he immediately notified the JetBlue staff. The plane was evacuated, the plane was searched, the passengers were re-screened, etc. Peraltalajara was not charged with any crime, and the incompetent TSA screeners are supposedly being disciplined and retrained.
Don't people remember that al-Qeada managed to pull off the most horrific act of terrorism in American history using several boxcutters? If the TSA is not capable of keeping boxcutters off of the planes, what good are they? This is not nearly the first such incident. TSA screeners are constantly failing tests where undercover agents attempt to sneak all sorts of contraband onto the planes. Fake bombs, guns, knives, etc. are making it onto the planes. The security failures are staggering.
The most irritating thing about all of this is that the TSA is so busy virtually gazing at our naked bodies with scanners and poking around in our crotches that they do not have enough time to actually look for any weapons in the luggage. So not only are we having our privacy and dignity violated by the TSA, they are doing very little to keep us safer.
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