Originally Posted by
gsoltso
The organization is moving towards the 100%, I have nothing else to give you on that, because it is not in my sphere of influence.
But can you not see that the increasingly intrusive policies at the checkpoints while cargo is still not 100% is like putting more expensive locks on your front door while the back door has a huge hole in it? If someone can walk through the back of the house, more locks at the front doesn't add a layer, it's just stupid and expensive.
Originally Posted by
gsoltso
3. Is a viable threat. Watch the videos I posted earlier in the thread, there is even one that details how simple it would be to circumvent the screening in place now. This makes a fairly compelling case to ramp up the tech or ban all LAG. I want the tech rolled out to help the checkpoint, but that is not in the budget right now. When it is, I think we could see some constructive direction on the ban.
As I pointed out over here, in July 2007 Kip Hawley said there would be a solution to this "in the near future." In October 2008, Blogdad Bob said it would "Fall 2009." Now USAToday quotes your people saying "at least another year."
So first of all, why has TSA been making these promises for over two years if, as you say, there's no budget for the technology? And secondly, if for the third year it's still
at least another year away, why should we believe that this will ever be deployed? It's just as likely that in 2015 your management will still be saying "next year we plan to deploy technology for liquids."
