# Former TSA Blogger reflects on his old job.

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**Created:** [January 31, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-tsa-blogger-reflects-on-his-old-job/680231 "2014-01-31T20:20:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-tsa-blogger-reflects-on-his-old-job/680231/1 "2014-01-31T20:20:09Z")

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I really enjoyed this article from a former TSA employee. He took the job before entering Graduate school to focus on creative writing. He [Blogged about his experiences](http://takingsenseaway.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/all-the-airports-a-security-stage/) while still working at the TSA. Gutsy move.

The article confirms what a kafkaesque experience has been created for flyers post 9/11.

[http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/tsa-screener-confession-102912.html#.UuwFR\_sz0gc](http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/01/tsa-screener-confession-102912.html#.UuwFR_sz0gc)

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> “Working for the TSA,” I wrote, “has the feel of riding atop the back of a large, dopey dog fanatically chasing its tail clockwise for a while, then counterclockwise, and back again, ad infinitum.”

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**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-tsa-blogger-reflects-on-his-old-job/680231/2 "2014-01-31T20:27:27Z")

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Yeah, I read that today, too. The TSA is pretty much just security theater. I was strangely comforted that morale was so low, I’m glad that the TSA don’t buy their own BS.

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**Author:** ![llcoolbj77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb9ed0/32.png) [@llcoolbj77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llcoolbj77)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-tsa-blogger-reflects-on-his-old-job/680231/3 "2014-01-31T20:44:51Z")

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Excellent read, thanks… It reminds me of an article, I think on [Cracked.com](http://Cracked.com), from an Israeli security specialist. It was kind of sad. The state of affairs with TSA, that is.