The Transportation Security Administration

The Transportation Security Administration (T.S.A.) was created in the wake of the terrorists attacks of September 11, 2001 to strengthen the security of the nation's transportation systems ("Our History"). The citizens of the United States must realize the T.S.A. is trying to protect and save lives and therefore they must continue to cooperate with the security and terrorist prevention.

The TSA was formed because of 9/11. It was the most tragic day in U.S. History and we could not take a chance of it happening again. Something had to be done. The TSA has started using body scanner and airports and many people are against it because they say it's embarrassing, inconvenient and some even think unnecessary. Yes, it can be embarrassing and inconvenient, but unnecessary, that's ridiculous. The decision seems simple. Better safe than sorry.

The events of September 11, 2001 changed everything. Never has something so heinous ever happen upon American soil. It seems that many Americans have forgotten that tragic day over 9 years ago because they are in up in arms about having to go through a body scanner or pat downs at the airports. Of course body scanning can slow down the process of boarding an airplane but so what is it worth losing your life. Think what life would be like if those tragic events on 9/11 never occurred because body scanners were already in place or if our security was better and more capable of preventing those terrorists. Almost 3,000 people died on 9/11, but now people want to complain and make TSA change their ways so they're not embarrassed, would they rather risk having their plane hijacked in another terrorist attack.

The Aviation and Transportation Security Act passed by the 107th Congress on November 19, 2001, established the TSA and gave it three major mandates:

• Responsibility for security for all modes of