Today, DHSs Napolitanos response to the crotchbomber: “Were looking to make sure that this sort of incident cannot recur.” But the TSAs response to Abdulmutalibs attempt makes one thing clear: We must stop pretending the TSA is making us safer.

Security expert Bruce Schneier nails the core incompetency: “For years Ive been saying Only two things have made flying safer [since 9/11]: the reinforcement of cockpit doors, and the fact that passengers know now to resist hijackers.”

So what has the TSA done in response to the attempted attack? Theyve told airlines to make passengers stay in their seats during the last hour of flight. Theyve made it verboten for passengers to hold anything in their laps, again only during the last hour of flight. Perhaps most hilariously telling, theyve forbidden pilots from announcing when a plane is flying over certain cities and landmarks.

via President Obama, Its Time To Fire the TSA – Travel – Gizmodo.