WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) -- A decade after he created the Transportation Safety Administration, Rep. John Mica (R) Florida says the agency it too large and too reactive.
Congressman Mica believes the agents should work for a private security firm and the government TSA should provide intelligence only.
"Government has failed," said Rep. Mica, "During 9-11 it wasn't private screening that failed; it was the government who failed to put protocols in place."
TSA started in 2001 as a $2 billion agency employing 16,500 people. Now the agency costs $9 billion with 63,000 employees. 
"When you have an army...you will have problems with personnel," said the congressman referring to the arrests of some agents accused of stealing $40,000 from a checked luggage.
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