Imagine:
A man attempts to get on a plane. Security screeners find a clock, a nine-volt-battery, and completely hollowed-out shoes.  But the TSA's computers are down, and they can't check the guy's criminal record. So the TSA calls in a cop - who looks around, and clears the guy for flight.

In his mind, there is no probably cause - nothing he could hold him on. The TSA disagreed... stating that all of the components for a bomb were present, except the explosive. Now it's a finger-pointing party to see who was wrong, who was to blame, etc.

Wait? you're NOT joking?
Sad thing is, it's NOT a hypothetical scenario. It actually happened - go scan the details.

There's obviously a thin line between crime PREVENTION (what the TSA attempts to do), and apprehending criminals  - what our police are tasked with doing. But in our unbelievably silly, PC world... that ANYONE could try to get on a plane with HOLLOWED-OUT SOLES, and be cleared for take-off is BEYOND me. Seriously: anyone thinking down there? What POSSIBLE reason could you have for flying with the soles of your shoes hollowed-out?

Warning: Thought Crimes ahead!
So I want a refund. The TSA is the biggest joke ever assembled. I am still flagged as a terrorist/security threat in BOTH NTSB databases - meaning that I can't pre-board online. That KILLS me. I've NEVER been arrested, and I haven't even had a speeding ticket in the past...6 years. But in the eyes of the NTSB I'm a terror threat and HAVE to present my ID prior to being allowed on to a plane.

But hollowed-out shoes - no biggie?

I think it's time we all demand that airport security either does a decent job of screening people, or just gets the hell out of the way and stops wasting our time and money.