[15thandwhatever]

I don't get why we hold TSA to a higher standard than what they are: security guards.

Security guards don't go trumpeting how many bank robberies they've thwarted, because they simply don't know.

However, they will tell you about all the contraband they've confiscated simply because that's measurable.

[huffmsa]

The TSA has to justify its obscene budget and perpetual scandal.

Their justification is that they stop hundreds of bits of contraband (of which they control the definition) daily in the ongoing war on terror.