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Loaded Gun Slips Past TSA Screeners
According to one report, undercover TSA agents testing security at a Newark airport terminal on one day in 2006 found that TSA screeners failed to detect concealed bombs and guns 20 out of 22 times. A 2007 government audit leaked to USA Today revealed that undercover agents were successful slipping simulated explosives and bomb parts through Los Angeles's LAX airport in 50 out of 70 attempts, and at Chicago's O'Hare airport agents made 75 attempts and succeeded in getting through… (abcnews.go.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I feel better about having my crotch groped now. Though I'd still like to have MY choice of screeners.
Wow, we need to wake up. Just..wow.
"I feel better about having my crotch groped now. Though I'd still like to have MY choice of screeners."
YES!
YES!
It is all security theater at this point. Intelligence is the way to get ahead - not behind - of the problem. I still contend that Israeli airline El Al does it better than just about anyone else.
Failure rate: EWR 90%, ORD 71%, LAX 60%. I want the damn TSA *out* of airport security. Hire private agencies who come up with their OWN screening methods. They're audited with tests like this, and if they fail to detect 95% of major items (loaded guns) and some smaller percent of lesser items (ie liquids > 3oz), the company is fired.
But really, we need to screen for *people* not things. Call it racial profiling, behavioral profiling, call it smart police work, call it common sense, call it whatever you want. Keep the bad guys off the planes and there won't be anyone to use the bad stuff like a pocket knife or breast milk that manages to get carried aboard a plane.
But really, we need to screen for *people* not things. Call it racial profiling, behavioral profiling, call it smart police work, call it common sense, call it whatever you want. Keep the bad guys off the planes and there won't be anyone to use the bad stuff like a pocket knife or breast milk that manages to get carried aboard a plane.
@Richard Hornsby
What happens if they do hire a private agency, and then a terrorist gets past them and causes more damage than 9/11, then what will people be saying? "Bring the TSA back"
What happens if they do hire a private agency, and then a terrorist gets past them and causes more damage than 9/11, then what will people be saying? "Bring the TSA back"