TSA: "Multiple Layers" Of Failing To Identify Terror Links
A DHS report released on June 4 found that the TSA, while busy, busy, busy groping your granny's breasts, failed to identify 73 aviation workers with "links to terrorism."

And here's how great government is at accomplishing things. Why didn't they identify them? Well, perhaps because "TSA is not authorized to receive all terrorism-related information under current interagency watchlisting policy."

From the report:

TSA had less effective controls in place for ensuring that aviation workers 1) had not committed crimes that would disqualify them from having unescorted access to secure airports areas, and 2) had lawful status and were authorized to work in the United States. In general, TSA relied on airport operators to perform criminal history and work authorization checks, but had limited oversight over these commercial entities. Thus, TSA lacked assurance that it properly vetted all credential applicants.

Further, thousands of records used for vetting workers contained potentially incomplete or inaccurate data, such as an initial for a first name and missing social security numbers. TSA did not have appropriate edit checks in place to reject such records from vetting. Without complete and accurate information, TSA risks credentialing and providing unescorted access to secure airport areas for workers with potential to harm the nation's air transportation system.

...TSA did not perform recurrent criminal records checks similar to its terrorism vetting due to current law and FBI policies. TSA depended on 467 commercial airports and air carriers to verify credential holders' criminal histories through a limited review process, and relied on the credential holders themselves to report disqualifying crimes to the airports where they worked. Further, TSA had to deny thousands of credentials to individuals because it could not verify their lawful status, even though airports represented that these individuals had passed the airports' own work authorization verification.

They should stick to what they're good at -- violating innocent Americans' bodies and civil liberties, stealing items from passengers' luggage, smuggling drugs and guns, and failing to spot weapons sent through by testers.