It's hard to find a government agency that exceeds the State Department's unique combination of self-importance, wrongheadedness, and incompetence. And yet somehow TSA manages again and again to impress us on that score. So the next time you're going through one of our oh-so-secure airports, slip this into your luggage (full pic behind the link):

The incompetence of these people is just astounding.

References:
* LAX TSA Misses 75% Of Fake Bombs, Lets People With Bad Boarding Passes On Airplanes [MR]
* HuffPo Blogger: Replace TSA With Blackwater Ops [MR]
* A handy guide for luggage inspectors [Upgrade]

Previously:
* Well then...
* Airport Security in This Country is a Bad Joke
* Northwest Airlines Caves To CAIR Boycott Threat And Apologizes, MR Caves To Our Worst Instincts And Publishes Conspiracy Theory Bait