I agree with you that the TSA is a joke, but as someone who worked as a TSA agent before, I never stole anything, nor to the best of my knowledge did anyone I worked with steal anything.  Stealing, in fact, would be kind of difficult, even in the baggage rooms.  I think &quot;a major source of income for TSA employees&quot; is a pretty gross exaggeration of the truth.  For the most part, TSA employees are just a bunch of regular people trying to make a living, just like everyone else.