The upshot of TSA is that because it&#x27;s a single government organization, it&#x27;s easy to identify the costs and quality of operations.<p>Pre-TSA, we were wasting the same or more amount of money on private contractors of dubious quality. But you didn&#x27;t really know how much, as the cost was spread across thousands of airline&#x2F;airport authorities&#x2F;municipal government combinations.