the TSA is a huge waste of money. they solved the terrorsit threat to the airlines when they put the bulletproof doors on the cockpits. everytime I fly and I watch the TSA hassle people over nail clippers, swiss army knives, knitting needles I laugh at the poor bastards because they are preemptively preventing nothing. if anyone ever has the chance to go to any prison museum I highly recommend it. the killing tools on display in any prison museum will make you realise that the TSA's job is impossible (unless they strip search every passenger). plastic puncturing weapons, polycarbonate knives, oh my.

and my personal favorite, the TSA took my swiss army knift on my keychain (a knife with a 1 inch blade). then i make my way into the airport restaurant and am served with a metal fork (bend all tines down except one, and bend handle into a loop, you have a perfect puncturing weapon to stab into a stuartess).

we would all be better off spending the TSA budget in other ways!