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The TSA made itself unfundable

Nypost · · 805 words · By Andrew Miller
Fiscal mismanagement Aviation Security Policy Government Waste
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Causal Oversimplification 60% confidence
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17 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Congress ended the longest Department of Homeland Security shutdown in American history.”
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No evidence was provided or found in the search results to confirm if this specific shutdown was the longest in DHS history.
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“For 75 days, tens of thousands of TSA officers worked unpaid.”
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Multiple sources (TIME, AP News) confirm that TSA officers worked without pay during a partial government shutdown and faced significant financial strain.
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web search NEUTRAL — But many TSA agents left their jobs entirely during the shutdown. On Thursday, a TSA spokesperson told TIME that more than 1,110 officers have quit since the shutdown began on Feb. 14. And the ...
https://time.com/article/2026/05/01/dhs-shutdown-tsa-air-tra…
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web search NEUTRAL — Transportation Security Administration officers are working without pay during a partial government shutdown. Many TSA employees are struggling financially, with some reporting zero or negative ...
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2026/03/1…
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web search NEUTRAL — The public is experiencing the consequences of a partial U.S. government shutdown in long wait times at some airports as Transportation Security Officers take time off to manage the financial strain.
https://apnews.com/article/tsa-lines-airport-wait-times-shut…
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“More than 1,100 of them quit.”
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Multiple independent sources (MSN, POLITICO, TIME) report that over 1,100 (specifically 1,110 in some reports) TSA officers resigned during the shutdown.
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web search NEUTRAL — TSA faces unprecedented attrition Since February 14, more than 1,100 TSA officers have resigned—about 15 per day on average, with recent rates exceeding 30 per day.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/dhs-shutdown-ends-but…
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web search NEUTRAL — During last fall's 43-day federal shutdown, around 1,110 TSA officers left the agency, a 25 percent increase in separations compared with the same time frame in 2024.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/04/27/congress/11…
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web search NEUTRAL — Hundreds of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers have resigned during a partial government shutdown that first started in February 2026.
https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/tsa-agents-officers-resig…
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“this appropriation expires Sept. 30.”
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Official government documents (H.R. 7744) and news reports confirm the DHS appropriations act for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Administration strongly supports passage of H.R. 7744, which makes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for the fiscal year (FY) ending September 30, 2026, enacting ...
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/SAP-H.…
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web search NEUTRAL — The enacted legislation, akin to H.R. 7744, appropriates funds for DHS through September 30, 2026, at levels mirroring fiscal year 2025 adjusted for inflation and priorities. It covers departmental ma…
https://www.academicjobs.com/global-news/dhs-shutdown-ends-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — Trump on Thursday signed legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security after the House approved the bill earlier in the afternoon.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/30/congress-dhs-tsa-funding.htm…
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“The TSA costs taxpayers $11 billion a year, more than the entire Coast Guard budget.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists only of dictionary definitions for the word 'annual' and does not provide any financial data regarding TSA or Coast Guard budgets.
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of ANNUAL is covering the period of a year. How to use annual in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/annual
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web search NEUTRAL — ANNUAL definition: 1. happening once every year: 2. relating to a period of one year: 3. a book or magazine…. Learn more.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/annual
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web search NEUTRAL — Define annual. annual synonyms, annual pronunciation, annual translation, English dictionary definition of annual. adj. 1. Recurring, done, or performed every year; yearly: an annual medical examinati…
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/annual
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“After the shoe bomber in 2001, we started removing shoes.”
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Multiple sources confirm the shoe removal policy was implemented in response to the 2001 'shoe bomber' incident.
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web search NEUTRAL — The shoe removal rule was first implemented in 2006, but its origin dates back to a 2001 "shoe bomber" plot aboard an American Airlines flight.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/07/09/tsa-sh…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Department of Homeland Security ends post-9/11 requirement for travelers to remove shoes at airport security, a policy implemented after the 2001 'Shoe Bomber' incident.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/inside-shoe-bomb-plot-changed-air…
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web search NEUTRAL — The TSA's controversial shoe removal rule, introduced after a 2001 failed bombing attempt, is finally being phased out after two decades.
https://www.primetimer.com/news/tsa-shoe-removal-policy-hist…
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“After the liquid explosives plot in 2006, we banned large bottles.”
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While the evidence mentions the 3-1-1 liquids rule, it does not explicitly link the ban of large bottles to a specific 2006 liquid explosives plot in the provided text.
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web search NEUTRAL — Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) list of what you can bring on the plane, what you cannot bring on the plane, and TSA's Liquids 3-1-1 rule.
https://www.dhs.gov/learn-what-i-can-bring-on-the-plane
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web search NEUTRAL — May 7, 2025 · DHS announced the implementation of its REAL ID enforcement measures at Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints nationwide.
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/05/07/tsa-begins-real-id-full-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 5, 2025 · DHS announced it is ending the Quiet Skies Program, which since its existence has failed to stop a single terrorist attack while costing US taxpayers $200 million a year.
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/06/05/secretary-noem-ends-poli…
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“After the underwear bomber in 2009, we deployed full-body scanners.”
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GAO reports and other sources confirm that the TSA accelerated the deployment of Advanced Imaging Technology (full-body scanners) in response to the December 2009 attempt by the 'underwear bomber'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab Listen ⓘ (Arabic: عمر فاروق عبد المطلب; also known as Umar Abdul Mutallab and Listen ⓘ Omar Farooq al-Nigeri; born 22 December 1986) [3][4] popularly referred to as the " Und…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umar_Farouk_Abdulmutallab
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web search NEUTRAL — Almost 10 years after 9/11, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently introduced another technology system to improve airline security. Known as Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT), or "…
https://ctc.westpoint.edu/improving-airline-security-in-the-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), a component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), accelerated the deployment of advanced imaging technology (AIT) systems, commonly referred t…
https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-14-357.pdf
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“Cockpit doors were hardened in 2003, isolating the flight deck from whatever happens in the cabin.”
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No evidence was provided or found in the search results regarding the hardening of cockpit doors in 2003.
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“During the October 2025 shutdown, and again during the 75-day shutdown that just ended, TSA officers worked unpaid and were less thorough.”
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No evidence was provided or found to support the claim regarding an October 2025 shutdown or the specific claim that screenings were 'less thorough'.
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“In 2015, the Department of Homeland Security secretly tested its own screeners and found they missed prohibited items in 67 of 70 cases, a 95% failure rate.”
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“20 million Americans already skip parts of screening courtesy of TSA PreCheck.”
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“the government collects a dedicated security fee from every airline ticket — the September 11 Security Fee, $5.60 per one-way trip — to fund the agency.”
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“Congress diverts about a third of it, $1.6 billion in 2023 alone, to the Treasury’s general fund.”
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“The World Cup begins on June 11”
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“The TSA will enter that surge with more than 1,000 fewer officers than it had in February”
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“In March, the TSA’s acting chief told Congress the agency may have to close smaller airports for lack of staff to handle the surge.”
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