11 passngers get through checkpoints at JFK without screening
Feb 20, 2017, 2:33 pm
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Lapsed screening at JFK
TSA allows 11 JFK passengers to walk through security checkpoint without being screened; so far, all planes are safe!
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...icle-1.2977418
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/...icle-1.2977418
Feb 20, 2017, 2:36 pm
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11 passngers get through checkpoints at JFK without screening
Eleven 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.
I've also heard the number that got through was 17. Three passengers are headed to California where, according to TSA, they will be screened upon arrival. I certainly hope they refuse.
Feb 20, 2017, 2:56 pm
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Feb 20, 2017, 3:05 pm
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People have refused screening upon landing in the past and were not penalized.
Feb 20, 2017, 5:45 pm
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They'll have already reached their destination At such a time, what good would screening them do?
Feb 20, 2017, 6:33 pm
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Unless they are continuing by air why should they submit to screening after completing their flight? What could TSA do but escort them out of the sterile area?
Feb 21, 2017, 12:39 am
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Feb 21, 2017, 1:58 pm
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If anyone wanted to rescreen me at my final destination airport, you can bet the house that there is no way I would allow myself to be rescreened.
Then, there is this famous video documentary, complete with TSA "swarming:"
Feb 22, 2017, 10:56 am
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It does sound stupid because the person has already arrived but there are a couple of things going on here.
1. The legal aspect is that a person may not be in a sterile area or board a plane without having been screened. An unscreened pax is in violation upon being in the sterile area of the arrival airport.
2. The security aspect for the arrival airport is that an unscreened person could be in possession of a prohibited item and either use it in the sterile area or pass it to someone else.
I am not sure what the criminal charge might be such a situation but the TSA can impose hefty civil fines (and run up a person's legal bills.....) and certainly affect someone's standing on various lists.
1. The legal aspect is that a person may not be in a sterile area or board a plane without having been screened. An unscreened pax is in violation upon being in the sterile area of the arrival airport.
2. The security aspect for the arrival airport is that an unscreened person could be in possession of a prohibited item and either use it in the sterile area or pass it to someone else.
I am not sure what the criminal charge might be such a situation but the TSA can impose hefty civil fines (and run up a person's legal bills.....) and certainly affect someone's standing on various lists.
Feb 22, 2017, 5:19 pm
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It does sound stupid because the person has already arrived but there are a couple of things going on here.
1. The legal aspect is that a person may not be in a sterile area or board a plane without having been screened. An unscreened pax is in violation upon being in the sterile area of the arrival airport.
2. The security aspect for the arrival airport is that an unscreened person could be in possession of a prohibited item and either use it in the sterile area or pass it to someone else.
I am not sure what the criminal charge might be such a situation but the TSA can impose hefty civil fines (and run up a person's legal bills.....) and certainly affect someone's standing on various lists.
1. The legal aspect is that a person may not be in a sterile area or board a plane without having been screened. An unscreened pax is in violation upon being in the sterile area of the arrival airport.
2. The security aspect for the arrival airport is that an unscreened person could be in possession of a prohibited item and either use it in the sterile area or pass it to someone else.
I am not sure what the criminal charge might be such a situation but the TSA can impose hefty civil fines (and run up a person's legal bills.....) and certainly affect someone's standing on various lists.
Case was assigned to supervisor TSI <deleted> and it went nowhere.
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Feb 22, 2017, 5:19 pm
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It does sound stupid because the person has already arrived but there are a couple of things going on here.
1. The legal aspect is that a person may not be in a sterile area or board a plane without having been screened. An unscreened pax is in violation upon being in the sterile area of the arrival airport.
2. The security aspect for the arrival airport is that an unscreened person could be in possession of a prohibited item and either use it in the sterile area or pass it to someone else.
I am not sure what the criminal charge might be such a situation but the TSA can impose hefty civil fines (and run up a person's legal bills.....) and certainly affect someone's standing on various lists.
1. The legal aspect is that a person may not be in a sterile area or board a plane without having been screened. An unscreened pax is in violation upon being in the sterile area of the arrival airport.
2. The security aspect for the arrival airport is that an unscreened person could be in possession of a prohibited item and either use it in the sterile area or pass it to someone else.
I am not sure what the criminal charge might be such a situation but the TSA can impose hefty civil fines (and run up a person's legal bills.....) and certainly affect someone's standing on various lists.
Feb 23, 2017, 7:33 am
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The TSA said it was “confident” the incident represented “no threat to the aviation transportation system.”
In other words TSA screening provides the same level of protection as absolutely no screening whatsoever.
In other words TSA screening provides the same level of protection as absolutely no screening whatsoever.
Feb 24, 2017, 7:41 am
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New York Post editorial. No question that some firings should happen. Where was the TSM for that terminal?
http://nypost.com/2017/02/23/if-the-...-fire-the-tsa/
http://nypost.com/2017/02/23/if-the-...-fire-the-tsa/
Private-sector workers who mess up so badly as to put lives in jeopardy would be gone in a heartbeat. Heck, they’d be fired for far less serious breaches.
Somewhere along the road to making America great again, Mr. President, how about privatizing the damn TSA to end all the maddening “security theater”?
Somewhere along the road to making America great again, Mr. President, how about privatizing the damn TSA to end all the maddening “security theater”?