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The '''Transportation Security Administration''' was formed immediately following the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]].  The agency is a component of the [[Department of Homeland Security]] (DHS) and is responsible for security of the nation's transportation systems.

The '''Transportation Security Administration''' was formed immediately following the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]].  The agency is a component of the [[Department of Homeland Security]] (DHS) and is responsible for security of the nation's transportation systems.

With state, local and regional partners, TSA oversees security for the [[highway]]s, [[railroad]]s, [[bus]]es, [[mass transit]] systems, ports and the 450 U.S. [[airport]]s.  TSA employs approximately 50,000 people from [[Alaska]] to [[Puerto Rico]] to ensure your travels – by plane, train, automobile or ferry – are safe and secure.

With state, local and regional partners, TSA oversees security for the [[highway]]s, [[railroad]]s, [[bus]]es, [[mass transit]] systems, ports and the 450 U.S. [[airport]]s.  TSA employs approximately 50,000 people from [[Alaska]] to [[Puerto Rico]] to ensure your travels – by plane, train, automobile or ferry – are safe and secure.  However, their methods for doing so have met with criticism from both sides of the aisle for not respecting the right to privacy.

== History ==

== History ==

== Controversial legality ==

== Controversial legality ==