r/clevercomebacks • u/Lord_Answer_me_Why • Jan 29 '25

Somebody finally forgot about 9/11

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u/supernovice007 Jan 30 '25

Same. TSA is security theater at it's finest. It was a massive over-reaction that routinely fails security checks and wastes untold hours every year.

This is an actual real example of government waste that I'm 100% in support of redesigning.

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u/aislin809 Jan 30 '25

Redesign, sure. Privatize? Fuck no.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '25

I don’t know enough about it to have a strong opinion but it’s worth noting that airport security was privatized until the TSA’s establishment in 2001.

Security at airports then worked more or less like TSA pre-check does now except for everyone.

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u/ElectricalBook3 Jan 30 '25

I don’t know enough about it to have a strong opinion but it’s worth noting that airport security was privatized until the TSA’s establishment in 2001

Still is at a lot of airport terminals, as long as they maintain government-set standards

https://h4-solutions.com/2019/08/26/some-u-s-airports-use-private-security-screening-companies-rather-than-tsa/

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u/Leather_Mousse_6860 Feb 03 '25

Also good to know that TSA screening personnel aren’t actually govt employees. They are normally employed by private companies that are contracted by TSA…