A program which allowed airports to replace TSA screeners with private screening companies has been stopped by Pistole of TSA.  He has denied at least one application and has said he will deny any others he receives.  Pistole says he sees no advantage to the program (I can think of about 62,000 reasons myself).  Florida representative Mica said he will investigage as the 3,700 administrators working for TSA who came up with this decision apparently to protect the jobs of the ballooning 62,000 TSA employees, and this number needs to be cut.

Read more about it here:  http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/01/29/tsa.private/index.html?hpt=T2