Along with the rising cost of bag fees, the most notorious nuisance air travelers must endure before reaching the terminal is the security checkpoint line. Travelers must frantically search and strip themselves and their baggage of anything that is made of metal or contains a certain amount of liquid. Depending on the airport you are at, after removing your shoes, belts, watches, and cell phones, travelers then walk into a full body scanner, which creates a semi-nude X-ray photo meant to detect any dangerous weapons within the travelers clothes. Whether these machines are effective or not is another issue entirely. (Earlier this year, CEI filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit questioning the legality of the government’s deployment of these scanners.) …. Despite this passive acceptance of the TSA, the agency has been broiled in controversy that could possibly explain why Americans question the agencies security methods. ABC News has recently released a list of the top U.S. airports for TSA employee theft firings and an investigation into the prevalence of these theft cases. While these cases of theft show that air travelers are probably not being adequately protected by the TSA, those who work within the agency seem to be more concerned with their own job security than the security of the passengers. To Read More…..
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