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The shutdown makes it clearer than ever — now is the time to privatize TSA

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Published January 25, 2019 1:04pm ET
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The shutdown makes it clearer than ever — now is the time to privatize TSA
A Transportation Security Administration officer works at a checkpoint at Miami International Airport, Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, in Miami. | (Lynne Sladky/AP)

Did you hear the one about the TSA agent who stole $50,000 worth of electronics equipment from travelers by slipping iPads down his pants? Or the Phoenix-based TSA security director who deliberately increased screening wait times in order to justify increasing his own staff count?

Or the TSA administrator who approved the practice of giving TSA trainees test answers in advance of their certification exams?

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