The TSA needs to be abolished.

This debate does not need to be structured in any certain way, however I do know Policy debate terms, so you are free to use them if you wish. I would like to start with these points: 1. The TSA destroys the rights given to use through the bill of rights. 2. It's a huge money-waster. 3. The TSA is ineffective. 4. The TSA allows the terrorists to win. 1. Take a look at the second and fourth amendments. I'd like to briefly summarize these. The second guarantees your right to possess a weapon, and the fourth states that you may not be searched (including your person), unless the searchee has a warrant, and you cannot obtain a warrant without probable cause. The TSA flatly disallows you to carry firearms (or any other weapon) on to a plane. It is true that you could use these weapons to kill a pilot. However, what better way to protect a plane than for everyone to have a weapon? Consider 9/11. If everyone on that plane had had a weapon, they could have easily overtaken the terrorist, preventing the whole hooblah anyway. Now, the fourth amendment. Need I even expand on this? They search EVERYONE. What probable cause could you possibly have for searching an old grandma, or a baby? I think Benjamin Franklin said it best: "Those who sacrifice essential liberty for temporary security deserve neither." 2. Money wasting. The annual budget for the TSA is 6.8 billion dollars, all of which is wasted. (more on this later). This isn't all being spent on "security", mind you, but other things. The TSA spent half a million dollars on an awards assembly at a lavish hotel! [http://www.deseretnews.com...] The TSA also does not hire directly, but rather, through a hiring agency, which costs them 155 million a year! [http://www.concierge.com...] This money is not being spent towards what we think it is. What better area is there to cut back? 3. They're ineffective. The government tests the TSA every once and a while by sending "fake terrorists" into the airports, to see if they're detected. These results are confidential (hmm...I wonder why?). However, one of the test results were leaked. According to the Seattle Times, 20 out of the 22 fake terrorists sent into Newark International Airport went undetected. That's under 10% success rate. This isn't effective. Keep in mind, though, that this was a government test. I'm sure they didn't make anyone shove a bomb into a "cavity", as it could happen in the real world. This brings me to my next point. Anyone with a hazardous substance within a cavity (men have 12" of cavity, women have 24"), would not be detected by the new scanners. The same goes for people who use nondense explosives, such as powders or liquids (including the underwear bomber, who started all this nonsense). 4. They let the terrorists win. The goal of terrorism isn't to kill people. It's to TERRORIZE people. Every time I walk by a TSA checkpoint, I remember 9/11. I remember the uproar. I consider who could be around me, possibly slithering past the checkpoint undetected. That is what terror is. Thus, by keeping the TSA how they are, we are breeding a false sense of danger. That's right; the government is terrorizing us. They don't do it on purpose, but that doesn't change the fact that they ARE doing it. For those four reason, the TSA needs to be abolished.