US Senator John Thune notes that while the Transportation Security Administration is busy seeing us all naked, they’re losing security badges left and right:
Senator John Thune fired off a blistering letter to TSA officials demanding answers regarding missing, lost or stolen SIDA (Secured Identification Display Area) badges that can be used by employees to gain access to secure areas at airports.
“Clearly there are an awful lot of things falling through the cracks and there’s just no room for an error when it comes to this issue. We need answers. They’re not providing them.”
Thune, who chairs the Transportation Committee, said previous answers from the agency had actually raised more questions than answers.
The concern follows reports that more than 270 badges went missing at the San Diego International Airport in the last two years and more than 1,400 badges missing from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
Ugh. Yeah, I’m not so sure I want to fly anytime soon. (But I do appreciate that Senator Thune is demanding answers from the people who pat us down.)