As if the TSA didn't have enough trouble already, some of its higher ups have been caught running a consulting business on the side. This is an obvious conflict of interest, and one that is pretty serious for someone in the government and government contracting world to get caught up in because at a minimum it gives the impression that you are able to leverage your position for your own financial gain. In the worst case scenario, it could create a real shit storm of ethical problems if your consulting group subcontracts with a prime contractor who doesn't know about this connection, and then gets nailed by other contractors because of the perception that they hired an "insider" to help them win contracts at the agency that employs the government worker in their day job.

So, you have a turn over rate of about 25% at the TSA for six years straight, have them caught cheating on their testing process to gauge how effective their bomb detection is, and now some of their higher ups get caught trying to stick their hands in the cookie jar for personal gain. That's of course ignoring all of the other issues ranging from the terrorist watch list, to the constant reports of supremely moronic behavior and policies.

After all, this is an agency that worries that containers of clearly non-volatile, non-toxic materials, when combined, could form a binary bomb capable of bringing down an airplane.

I bet Max Weber is looking at this from the other side as a case study and thinking that he was born in the wrong century...