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Heeeere's the TSA!

So government wit is typically reserved for former presidential candidates (i.e. Bob Dole and Huckabee) not the acronymed bureaucratic agencies.

Not so in the case of the TSA's relatively new Evolution of Security blog.

Anonymous said... Ever since you started x-raying our shoes, I've been forced to carry all my plastic explosives in my pants which I find most inconvenient.

January 31, 2008 4:36 PM

Here's a taste of how some of the TSA's bloggers (largely Chance, Bob and Christopher) have taken to responding to the hundreds of comments they moderate:

From Chance: In response to a commentor who didn't take too kindly to Chance explaining the reason TSA may screen an elderly, wheelchair bound traveler who outwardly appears to be of no threat, to a recent incident in Iraq where a wheelchair bound suicide bomber attacked a base. The commenter mentioned other methods of sucide bombing have included using donkeys too.First point: we don't (to my knowledge) allow donkeys through passenger screening, while we do allow wheelchairs through. If, to use the example you yourself called absurd, we did let donkeys through, then yes it would make perfect sense to take into account a suicide attack that used a donkey, and screen the donkeys accordingly. I'm not going to make the obvious wisecrack here.

From Christopher: In response to a guy by the name of Dave Nelson who claims to be in the Intelligence community and expressed doubt regarding the credentials of TSA's guest blogger, Keith Kauffman, director of TSA's Office of Intelligence in the comments section:
Okay Dave. You're in intel and so is Keith, we get it. That doesn't mean Keith is in intel to your detrement or you're better because you've written a President's Daily Brief (PDB for those not "in the know") I don't personally know if Keith has or not but we are confident enough in his abilities and experience that we've hired him and put him in charge of intel for us. We get it, you're smart too. Welcome to the blog.