Friday, October 26, 2007

Unfortunate airport security

Screeners missed most fake bombs (WTSP, 10/18/07)
http://www.tampabays10.com/news/national/article.aspx?storyid=65683

Security screeners at two of the nation's busiest
airports failed to find fake bombs hidden on
undercover agents posing as passengers in more than
60% of tests last year, according to a classified
report obtained by USA TODAY. Screeners at Los Angeles
International Airport missed about 75% of simulated
explosives and bomb parts that Transportation Security
Administration testers hid under their clothes or in
carry-on bags at checkpoints, the TSA report shows.

At Chicago O'Hare International Airport, screeners
missed about 60% of hidden bomb materials that were
packed in everyday carry-ons — including toiletry
kits, briefcases and CD players. San Francisco
International Airport screeners, who work for a
private firm instead of the TSA, missed about 20% of
the bombs, the report shows. The TSA ran about 70
tests at Los Angeles, 75 at Chicago and 145 at San
Francisco.


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