In an effort to reduce the size of the government, I’d suggest privatizing transportation security. We are long past the need to remove shoes and 3.4-oz bottles.
If you travel anywhere else in the world, you will see that they do not do this for their domestic flights. Flying and travel need to become easier for the general public again. With the new biometric security, we need less invasive procedures to board airplanes.
X-ray the bags and move on quickly. Allow a paid business and frequent flyer lane that does not need to stop only using biometrics identification. (Global Entry style). There is no need for humans. Allow AI to scan, identify, and green light. Also, AI can Red
Light anyone it flags for secondary screening. Human screens for any irregularity.
Maximum 5 year contract for the security company. They get an operations bonus for efficiency and speed as well as a safety score. If they provide great service, they get priority rebid status. Not just the lowest bidder. Safe and efficient is the goal.
Although I like the idea of changing TSA - MUCH needs to be changed, I am actually proposing legislation in 100% opposition to biometric ID. The violations we saw under Pres. Obama (who set the foundations) and Pres. Biden (COVID policies, persecution of J6ers, and hundreds of other lawfare cases, including President Trump) is a strong reminder that you don’t want to be at the mercy of an anti-citizen government. We don’t want any kind of version of the vaccine passport or the Chinese Social Credit System - which has already made inroads in the U.S. and needs to be stopped.
Obama’s building of the 1 million + (1 million +!!) sq ft Utah Data Center (UDC), also known as the Intelligence Community Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative Data Center in 2012 - leaves every American’s privacy violated. Actually every person foreign or national on US soil violated.
One of the most import policies to me that I will propose is that biometic ID be 100% voluntary forever more, with EASY and EQUAL alternatives (no penalty, offering the same services for which the ID is required) if a person does not wish to engage. At the moment, for example, in Colo, without a biometric ID you can not receive unemployment. And you can not get a guard card in Denver, required for many to work. So in both cases you are out money and livelihood if you do not comply to a biometric ID.
You are welcome to a biometric ID if that is your desire. Please, just do not impose that on your fellow citizens.
I like your proposal I do know biometrics unfortunately are Very invasive, and in fact, give you almost no privacy whatsoever to be tracked by any government in the world, but that being said, I think we’ve crossed that line long ago unfortunately. Especially traveling internationally all the time for business I know that my biometrics are stored and logged. I just think privatization of the TSA is a very important step for this government to take.
IMHO, the TSA serves no purpose whatsoever and nothing is accomplished by the TSA. Abolish it, increase the number of Air Marshalls, and screen passengers as they walk through the terminal for suspicious movements or activity.