On Thursday, two Republican Senators, Mike Lee (R-UT) and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), revealed a bill that would abolish the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in favor of private security at the nation's airports and other secure venues.

"The TSA has not only intruded into the privacy and personal space of most Americans, it has also repeatedly failed tests to find weapons and explosives. Our bill privatizes security functions at American airports under the eye of an Office of Aviation Security Oversight, bringing this bureaucratic behemoth to a welcome end. American families can travel safely without feeling the hands of an army of federal employees," Lee told Fox News Digital in a statement.

The measure would officially abolish the TSA three years after being enacted into law, which the senators believe would provide time for security needs to be privatized.

The bill would also direct the Secretaries of Homeland Security and Transportation to make a reorganization plan and submit it to Congress.

In his own statement, Tuberville said, "The TSA is an inefficient, bureaucratic mess that infringes on Americans' freedoms."

Of course, the government is inefficient by nature; the TSA has the added problem of not being accountable for failure. TSA, which was created in the wake of the Sept 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, has been the target of accusations of inefficiency and outright incompetence since its inception.

Senator Tuberville continues:

"It’s a bloated agency—riddled with waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer dollars—that has led to unnecessary delays, invasive pat downs and bag checks, and frustration for travelers. We need to focus on more efficient and effective methods to protect our country without sacrificing the liberties and freedoms of American citizens. The TSA should be eliminated and replaced with privatized solutions that are more targeted, streamlined, and where appropriate accountable to limited government oversight," he added.

The senators specifically denote in the legislation that the reorganization plan can't require private security companies to do warrantless searches or extend the TSA in any way.

Some particular incidents with the TSA include:

In 2006, Newark, NJ airport TSA screeners failed 20 of 22 security tests, including missing firearms and explosives.

In 2011, TSA fired 36 screeners in the Honolulu airport for allowing bags to pass through security with no inspection.

In 2015, a test by the Department of Homeland Security revealed investigators succeeded in smuggling prohibited items through TSA in 95 percent (!) of attempts.

There's a lot more where that came from.

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Can Anyone Explain to Me Why We Still Need the TSA?

While this bill is unlikely to pass the current Senate - there's very little chance of getting 60 votes to end cloture at this point - this is a topic worth bringing up. The TSA, sometimes referred to by frequent travelers (of which group I was a member for many years) as "Thousands Standing Around," was something that the federal government lacked any constitutional authority for in the first place, and which has now shown is no more effective than the systems it replaced.

Private security firms, arranged by the local airports' management, have the advantage of being accountable. Screw-ups can lead to a company losing a lucrative contract, so there is a strong incentive to be effective. TSA, as with any bureaucracy paid for by taxpayer dollars, has no such incentive.

Abolishing the TSA is an idea whose time has come - unfortunately, the event itself may have to wait.

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