> If only those clowns could focus on making the absurd bit of theater they currently have even just the slightest bit more efficient.

Maybe efficiency is not the goal. Cui bono? We got all those nifty body scanners in part because Michael Chertoff, right after serving as director of DHS, went around promoting scanners on behalf of his consulting client, body scanner manufacturer Rapiscan[1].

[1] http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2010/01/airport-scanner-...