Nothing Ever Dies in Washington

Michelle Malkin notes that, in spite of dramatic headlines about "dismantling" the Transportation Security Administration, it's not going anywhere. According to the story by Washington Post reporter Sara Goo (tee-hee...Goo!):

But TSA's time in the spotlight is over and it should now step back to serve a more narrow role, [random policy wonk] Light said. "It's a labor-intensive delivery organization that is not going to be making many public policy decisions. Its basic job is to train and deploy screeners," he said.

Bush administration officials say they don't expect the demise of TSA, adding they will know little about the future of the agency until new Homeland Security Sec. Michael Chertoff completes his review of the department, which will likely prompt a major overhaul.

But remember, even this mostly-worthless paper shuffling at a mostly-worthless government agency would be impossible had the TSA been given the union privileges Congressional Democrats wanted. The Post story says that after the restructuring, the TSA will look "more like the Postal Service." Except in the TSA, they'll actually be able to fire the dead weight.