Posted on Aug 29, 2014
Over 400 TSA workers arrested for theft alone and not one terrorist caught. Should National Guard replace them?
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Is it time to just say the TSA is useless? Theft is just ONE of the many crimes they are arrested for on a regular basis. I personally had my Percocet stolen out of my checked bag once. They caught the guy on tape. Let's not even get into how much money is made from auctioning "confiscated" items.
Do we really need the TSA? Should National guard replace them? Seems like their title alone is the job description. ;-)
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Do we really need the TSA? Should National guard replace them? Seems like their title alone is the job description. ;-)
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Make it a National Guard position but make everyone in the TSA join the guard if they want to keep their jobs.
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Do you think all Soldiers are trustworthy? There are a lot of bad seeds out there and replacing one agency with another isn't going to fix anything.
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Make it a military branch or something that doesn't look so similar to a mall rent-a-cop, may get better results. I mean no disrespect on their look, but there have been times I found it difficult to take the TSA seriously when I had a 300lbs lady sitting on a stool running the xray on my bag, along with some hood rat with gold teeth, a youngster with a bird like ZZtop, and another female with a uniform way too tight...all of these employees talking smack of customer when they are gone or talking about what drink and party they can't wait for...unacceptable in front of customers in my opinion.
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The National Guard was used in the days following 9/11. While it might be a good alternative, I don't think that it would make the Guard any less susceptible to scandal.
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I'm going to slowly back away from the mic before I say something offensive and completely true.......
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Should they take credit for not one terrorist caught? Just playing devil's advocate.......
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SFC Mark Merino
Now THAT is an incredible feat! Their track record has always been perfect.....even before they came to be. Maybe they should run the VA?
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MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca SSG Robert Burns SSG Matt Murphy They seem to love to molest kids and old ladies and oh yes, Veterans just like some of their security.
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PFC Matthew Bahr
it's crazy that the terrorist organizations are not coming into the airport saying they are terrorists or risk based security is working?
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PFC Matthew Bahr
Interesting points everyone...And the terrorist are just walking into the airport and surrendering.
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Not too many options, SSgt, trust me. If the TSA is to go away it's to be replaced by another NAME, same game. Think Abu Ghraib
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SSgt Gregory Guina
PO1 (Join to see) I understand something is needed in place and have no argument with that at all. maybe it needs to be an increase in the standards of the individuals that we hire to do the job. Maybe there needs to be more training for the personnel doing the job. Most of the people that I have dealt with in the TSA aren't that professional what can we do to increase the professionalism of these individuals?
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Well, whatever the authorities decide, it definitely needs to be public-friendly. Name and uniform change is one way of dealing with it. Occasionally sending National Guard to present ATFP posture is ok, but only temporarily and randomly. Putting them on the news and registering them along with sex offenders could be another deterrent from having sticky fingers. Firing alone and new-hiring will not do much justice unless culture is changed from the inside
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TSA is mostly for show and tell. Keep it! Trust me: I'm navy master at arms (MP). Most of the stuff we do doesn't make much sense to a general public and it's not supposed to! Let people question and not try to make it logical. That's the best way to keep the 'enemy' guessing.
Push comes to shove, National Guard might 'replace' them, but it will not last long because the general public might not support military presence in non-combat environment long term. My best proposal is to change its name for the sake of clean slate and make policy revisions.
It SUCKS how much they steal and do wrong. But from the ATFP point of view, unfortunately they're still a necessary evil. Like those darn MPs.
Push comes to shove, National Guard might 'replace' them, but it will not last long because the general public might not support military presence in non-combat environment long term. My best proposal is to change its name for the sake of clean slate and make policy revisions.
It SUCKS how much they steal and do wrong. But from the ATFP point of view, unfortunately they're still a necessary evil. Like those darn MPs.
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