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The '''Transportation Security Administration''' (TSA) was created in the wake of [[November 2011 attacks|9/11]] to strengthen the security of the transportation systems in the [[USA]] while ensuring the freedom of movement for people and commerce. In March 2003, TSA transferred from the [[United States Department of Transportation|Department of Transportation]] to the [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]].<ref name="TSA_What">TSA. [http://www.tsa.gov/who_we_are/what_is_tsa.shtm "What is TSA?"], referenced 2011-04-10.</ref> | The '''Transportation Security Administration''' (TSA) was created in the wake of [[November 2011 attacks|9/11]] to strengthen the security of the transportation systems in the [[USA]] while ensuring the freedom of movement for people and commerce. In March 2003, TSA transferred from the [[United States Department of Transportation|Department of Transportation]] to the [[United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]].<ref name="TSA_What">TSA. [http://www.tsa.gov/who_we_are/what_is_tsa.shtm "What is TSA?"], referenced 2011-04-10.</ref> | ||
==Criticism== | |||
[[Marc Montoni]] has described the TSA's security screening processes as "gate rape", "boring security theatre", and a "pointless and expensive show".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://freevirginia.blogspot.co.nz/2013/10/why-i-hate-flying.html|title=Why I Hate Flying|author=Montoni, Mark|date=31 October 2013|publisher=Free Virginia}}</ref> | |||
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* [http://www.tsa.gov/ Transportation Security Administration], page | |||
* [http://mises.org/daily/1319 The Creation of the Bureaucrat] by Jeffrey A. Tucker, August 2003 | |||
* [http://mises.org/daily/2186 TSA: Killing Us an Hour at a Time] by Tim Kern, May 2006 | * [http://mises.org/daily/2186 TSA: Killing Us an Hour at a Time] by Tim Kern, May 2006 | ||
* [http://mises.org/daily/2171 Will the TSA Be Always With Us?] by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr., May 2006 | * [http://mises.org/daily/2171 Will the TSA Be Always With Us?] by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr., May 2006 | ||
* [http://mises.org/daily/2290 The Six Faces of the Terrorist; The One Face of Bureaucracy] by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr., August 2006 | |||
* [http://mises.org/daily/4865 Liberalization of Airport Frisking: Federal versus Private Security Screeners] by Cristian Gherasim, December 2010 | |||
* [http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2011/Murphyairsecurity.html Ensuring—and Insuring—Air Security] by Robert P. Murphy, February 2011 | |||
* [http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=46114 TSA Creator Says Dismantle, Privatize the Agency] by Audrey Hudson, September 2011 | |||
* [http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120509/10161518848/congress-tsa-is-wasting-hundreds-millions-taxpayer-dollars.shtml Congress: The TSA Is Wasting Hundreds Of Millions In Taxpayer Dollars] from ''techdirt'', May 2012 | |||
* [http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0321/p09s01-coop.html A better way than the TSA] by Becky Akers, March 2007 | |||
* [http://rt.com/usa/tsa-precheck-program-launch-437/ Feel-free fee: TSA will grope you less for $85], ''RT'', July 2013 | |||
* [[Wikipedia:Transportation Security Administration|Transportation Security Administration]] on Wikipedia | |||
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Latest revision as of 08:00, 3 November 2013
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was created in the wake of 9/11 to strengthen the security of the transportation systems in the USA while ensuring the freedom of movement for people and commerce. In March 2003, TSA transferred from the Department of Transportation to the Department of Homeland Security.[1]
Criticism
Marc Montoni has described the TSA's security screening processes as "gate rape", "boring security theatre", and a "pointless and expensive show".[2]
References
- ↑ TSA. "What is TSA?", referenced 2011-04-10.
- ↑ Montoni, Mark (31 October 2013). "Why I Hate Flying". Free Virginia. http://freevirginia.blogspot.co.nz/2013/10/why-i-hate-flying.html.
Links
- The Creation of the Bureaucrat by Jeffrey A. Tucker, August 2003
- TSA: Killing Us an Hour at a Time by Tim Kern, May 2006
- Will the TSA Be Always With Us? by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr., May 2006
- The Six Faces of the Terrorist; The One Face of Bureaucracy by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr., August 2006
- Liberalization of Airport Frisking: Federal versus Private Security Screeners by Cristian Gherasim, December 2010
- Ensuring—and Insuring—Air Security by Robert P. Murphy, February 2011
- TSA Creator Says Dismantle, Privatize the Agency by Audrey Hudson, September 2011
- Congress: The TSA Is Wasting Hundreds Of Millions In Taxpayer Dollars from techdirt, May 2012
- A better way than the TSA by Becky Akers, March 2007
- Feel-free fee: TSA will grope you less for $85, RT, July 2013
- Transportation Security Administration on Wikipedia