by TChris

The Transportation Security Agency's screening of luggage may or may not make our lives safer, but letting the agency's workers snoop through luggage in private makes our property less safe.

Since last March, federal screeners have been arrested for theft from passengers' property at John F. Kennedy International Airport, as well as Miami International, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County and Denver International airports.

Although TSA spokesperson Ann Davis characterizes the problem as "quite small," theft and property damage claims have been piling up at TSA, and airlines are starting to worry that they must contend with yet another customer service issue. The TSA's response to the "quite small" problem: a request that Congress limit its liability for damaging or stealing passengers' property to no more than $3 million a year.