August 28, 2008 2:47PM 

# TSA: Not Even Good at Getting it Wrong 

By [Jim Harper](https://www.cato.org/people/jim-harper) 

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Bruce Schneier has a [very good op-ed](http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-schneier28-2008aug28,0,3099808.story) on the Transportation Security Administration’s airport security programs in the *Los Angeles Times* today. The winner line: “That’s the TSA: Not doing the right things. Not even doing right the things it does.”

In fairness, security is hard. By their nature, federal agencies aren’t smart and nimble. I argued that the TSA should be scrapped in a [March, 2005 *Reason* magazine debate](http://www.reason.com/news/show/36529.html).

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