TSA is not a fading star.(Other Voices)(Transportation Security Administration)

In the JoC's Feb. 2 cover story criticizing the Transportation Security Administration, Bob Edmonson says, "From the perspective of the international trade community ... other agencies--not the TSA--have moved aggressively to secure cargo, ports and vessels. The TSA has bogged down."

I'm a longtime Washingtonian. I've been a legislative representative and managed a political action committee. I think I know Washington's agencies. I have never dealt with an agency as open and as accessible as the TSA. A little over 2 years old, the TSA knows why it is there: to detect security gaps, correct them and protect America through its transportation system.

The National Cargo Security Council played …