The Transportation Security Agency (TSA) is on the horns of a dilemma, and a big one it is. In the early days after 2001, just after the TSA was created, a huge corps of highly zealous officers was recruited to monitor those boarding our airlines. (Similar screening is now in place worldwide.) They looked for the slightest violations in the rules. Any breach meant the perpetrator would be awarded a thorough search. Taken aside in front of all travelers, the "perp" was given quite a thorough going over. With over 50,000 employees the TSA faces formidable problems. Forget to remove your shoes, you were searched; forget to remove your belt, you were searched; forget to remove your computer (horror-of-horrors), you were searched. That is, you were taken aside and given a careful inspection. But there is more, there were the pat-downs, sometimes bordering on sexual assault. People complained, and in large numbers. More was involved in the general search for bombers.
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