The TSA is broken — is privatization next?

Travelers wait in line at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on March 23, 2026. | Bloomberg via Getty Images

KC Guidry usually gets to the airport two hours before a flight to give herself enough time to get through security. But she knew her flight on the morning of Monday, March 23, out of Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport was going to be anything but routine.

"I heard the lines were long through TikTok and through the news," she said.