2,800 on the dole

The airport screening program of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has 2,800 employees.  This is the “behavioral detection program” that relies on security officers to pull aside passengers who exhibit what are considered telltale signs of terrorists for additional screening and questioning. The Inspector General of the TSA thinks that the program has no basis in science, enables racial profiling, and is not cost-effective.  Howsomever, we have spent about $1 billion dollars on it.  The TSA has never analyzed the effectiveness of the program nor have they trained the 2,800 employees in how to get the most out of the program.

Looking for cuts in the budget?  Not a bad place to start.