Reason on TV: Robert Poole Talks Airport Security on CNBC

Reason Foundation's Robert Poole, who advised the Bush White House and members of Congress against creating the TSA back in 2001 (see here, here and here), talked about private airport security screeners and a trusted traveler program on CNBC's Power Lunch yesterday: 

Some of Poole's recent airport security work:

TSA, Don't Touch My Junk!

TSA Needs a Risk-Based Approach to Airport Security

Will We Get Serious About Aviation Security?

Airport Security Newsletter

Comments

[Bureaucrat]

Logic has no place in government. Politicians should only pander to politically popular ideas. Throw the electorate a bone every now and then while we work behind closed doors to scam you, I mean... relieve you of the burden of your money and rights.

Why are you so prudish anyway? We aren't saving your pictures and letting them get leaked, and we never hire perverts or pedophiles to do these pat downs and run the scans. If you don't like it; don't fly. Use Amtrak! It's losing billions every year anyway, and we could use your money for poor quality of service. But when a train or bus gets bombed, we'll have to establish stringent security measures for your safety.

We're the government and we know what's best for you. Put down that Four Loko and Raw Milk. Take a big drink of this tap water that has been fortified with heavy metals such as mercury and beneficial chemicals like arsenic. Trust me. It's nutritious!

Freedom is slavery.

It's not enough that you obey us... you must LOVE us!

[The Runnies]

Greetings! You have been nominated for a prestigious Runny Award in the category of Third-Rate Sarcasm. Congratulations to all the nominees!

[Matrix]

Is flying a right? Even if you ignore the 10th Amendment, it is!
49 U.S.C. ? 40103 Section (a) (2)

A citizen of the United States has a public right of transit
through the navigable airspace. To further that right, the
Secretary of Transportation shall consult with the Architectural
and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board established under
section 502 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 792)
before prescribing a regulation or issuing an order or procedure
that will have a significant impact on the accessibility of
commercial airports or commercial air transportation for
handicapped individuals.

[MB]

Very disappointed by Poole on this segment.

The body scans & pat downs are ILLEGAL & UNCONSTITUTIONAL. They should NOT be continued by anyone. The idea of using private security is not to replace who is doing the scans & pat-downs, but to GET RID OF the TSA and END the scans/pat-downs and put private security in place to do a DIFFERENT and more legal/constitutional system in place.

[Jeffersonian]

Not when they're done by private actors. All the more reason to re-privatize airport security. Airlines would have to accurately balance A-their desire not to have their planes blown up and their customers killed with B-their desire not to so offend those same customers that they won't return.

[robc]

Private actor doesnt matter if following government regulation.

[TrickyVic]

Right. You can get a private company, but they will be required to follow DHS procedures, which is what the TSA does.

The balancing act will not be an option.

[P Brooks]

Keep trying, Poole.

Someday you'll find a nut.

[Mango Punch]

That was a weak interview

[Barely Suppressed Rage]

TSA Agent kidnaps "young female" from a MARTA parking lot at Hartfield, takes her back to his place and rapes her, then attempts suicide.

Glad to see TSA's employee screening process works so well.

[General "Buck" Turgidson]

Well, I, uh, don't think it's quite fair to condemn a whole program because of a single slip-up, sir.

[Kim]

Go watch the Patriot Pilot's video and fix all those security concerns please.