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TSA watchdog spills secret behind long airport lines

• wnd.com

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson warns air travelers to prepare for much longer than usual airport security lines, but a Transportation Security Administration watchdog says this mess is simply a matter of the government failing to manage its resources responsibly.

On Monday, Johnson stood at Ronald Reagan National Airport just outside Washington and told passengers to expect longer than expected wait times as the Transportation Security Administration, or TSA, expedites hundreds of new personnel into service to speed up the security process. In Chicago, passengers were told to arrive three hours prior to departure.

The TSA claims congressional action has led to the elimination of some 4,500 personnel over the past few years and the agency simply doesn't have the manpower to keep up, but that's just spin according to Chris Edwards, director of tax policy studies at the Cato Institute. He also run Cato's Downsizing Government blog.


 


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