Confessions of an ex-TSA Agent

A story about the goings on behind the curtains of the TSA officers.

Most TSA officers I talked to told me they felt the agency’s day-to-day operations represented an abuse of public trust and funds.

Even though many were blindly taking orders, most people seem to in fact be normal thinking people.

Most of us knew the directives were questionable, but orders were orders. And in practice, officers with common sense were able to cut corners on the most absurd rules, provided supervisors or managers weren’t looking.