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US Airport Screeners Missed 95% of Weapons, Explosives In Undercover Tests
An anonymous reader writes: An internal investigation by the TSA found that 95% of agents testing airport checkpoints were able to bring weapons through. In one case, an alarm sounded, but during the pat down, the screener failed to detect a fake plastic explosive taped to the undercover agent's back. ABC reports: "Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson was apparently so frustrated by the findings he sought a detailed briefing on them last week at TSA headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, according to sources. U.S. officials insisted changes have already been made at airports to address vulnerabilities identified by the latest tests. 'Upon learning the initial findings of the Office of Inspector General's report, Secretary Johnson immediately directed TSA to implement a series of actions, several of which are now in place, to address the issues raised in the report,' the DHS said in a written statement to ABC News."
All this means is that they failed to find FAKE plastic explosives and the like, not that they wouldn't find real stuff.
Do a real test!
On a positive note: in 5% of the times it worked all the time.
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
the government will see it as an excuse to make airport security fondle your bollocks for a minimum of 30 seconds;
If you train them properly, you can even help reduce the healthcare budget.
Who wants to grope that? (/sarcasm)
About 3 beers. ;-)
Lost at C:>. Found at C.
A good offense is a good defense... Seriously, do you even strategy bro?
As a humorous counter situation we rode an Amtrak one way, and flew back. We had a near empty jar of peanut butter and a bag of bread with us.
It was made VERY clear to us the 'container' couldn't be larger even if the contents were less than 3oz.
However we could distribute all of that peanut butter onto sandwiches and bring those.