STRANGELY, THIS DOESN’T INCREASE MY CONFIDENCE IN OBAMA: Obama confident in the TSA despite failure to detect explosives.

President Obama has confidence in the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) despite the ease with which undercover agents were able to smuggle explosives into airports, the White House said Tuesday.

“The president does continue to have confidence that the officers of the TSA do very important work that continues to protect the American people,” press secretary Josh Earnest said.

A report released Monday found TSA employees failed to find fake explosives, weapons and other prohibited items in 95 percent of internal tests. The undercover agents successfully evaded security in 67 of 70 tests at major airports.

The report prompted Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to remove the agency’s acting director, Melvin Carraway, who had led the TSA since the beginning of the year.

I suspect that Obama’s mostly confident that the unionized TSA workers will vote Democratic. Which is their real reason for existing anyway.