They caught a white American citizen bounty hunter who was armed to the teeth with a sword and a machine gun, who was going to kill bin laden at the airport. No word if he got his million dollar sword back.
The NSA is not a young organization. They’ve had plenty of success stories over the years and I’m glad they’re here. The problem is not the idea of the NSA. The problem is the new data mining methods they employ to spy on everyone. This didn’t need to happen.
I’d evaluate their performance a bit differently. How many repeat 9/11 hijackings have happened on their watch? If terrorists think they will get caught if they try, and they therefore abandon the idea of hijacking planes and flying them into buildings, then TSA is doing their job if they never apprehend anyone. We need to use other methods to track down and arrest (or otherwise neutralize) terrorists, and we do.
Fuck the TSA. When I came back from Belize those assholes broke a bottle of rum and a bottle of hot sauce in my bag, stole 76 dollars and took all my clothes out of my bag(of course neglecting to put them back in) Not a damn thing I could do about it.
Maybe it deters terrorists from trying. Like in my home town we hired huge wrestlers to be bouncers and they were confused because nothing ever happened, we had to explained that no one would cause trouble with them around.