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TSA allows JFK passengers to walk through security checkpoint without being screened
Eleven unidentified passengers walked through a security lane without being screened at Kennedy Airport early Monday because the TSA left the area open and unattended, law enforcement sources said. A security camera captured a metal detector going off three times as the travelers walked through the screening lane, the sources said. There was no one present to operate the magnetometer, the x-ray machine and do the pat downs and secondary screening, the sources said. (www.nydailynews.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The metal detectors goes off three times. Dont worry its all right. Probably a defect
Does anyone recall an incident or example of when TSA prevented an attack or serious threat from getting onboard an aircraft? Not including incidents in the terminal that never made it through into the secure area. Just curious if they have stopped an attack? I certainly don't recall any.
I’m absolutely surprised by the universal lack of respect for the TSA here. Sure in many ways it’s kabuki theater but they are our only line of defense against some crazy person getting on an airliner. Sure I’d like it if they were better trained and paid better but they are what they are and IMHO we should do what we can to make sure they succeed at their job.
In this incident did they goof up? Oh yeah, big time, but IMHO it’s up to the rest of the traveling public to be observant and notify them if something goes awry.
In this incident did they goof up? Oh yeah, big time, but IMHO it’s up to the rest of the traveling public to be observant and notify them if something goes awry.
Nonsense, Alan. The first line of defense is the cockpit door. The second line of defense is "KILL ALL THE HIJACKERS."
Ummm...who is the public suppose to notify if noone is around to notify?..the magnetometer and x-ray scanners?....wayy too many times the TSA have dropped the ball and this time wasn't a big goof up...letting folks through then realizing they weren't checked and getting them and bringing them back is a big goof up....having noone around at all is a catastrophe waiting to happen
There are plenty of airport and airline staff to notify and if it’s like my airport police officers too. One could also take it upon oneself to stop people and explain to them that skipping security is going to result in the terminal being emptied and their flight being delayed.
Nobody WANTS to deal with the TSA. They've never caught a hijacker or a bomber, so please explain to me again their function?
Russ...it FELLS good, come on man, feel good with me. They are there to protect us, and our feelings. Group hug!
TSA's already on the job for group hugs. Although some nattering nabobs of negativism keep mischaracterizing it as 'groping'.