Originally Posted by
RichardKenner
I don't see Al Queda as having the same sorts of abilities as the KGB or a national intelligence organization. And as their operational capabilities keep being degraded, I just don't see the above as a significant risk.
Robert Hanssen wasn't a KGB plant in the FBI - he offered his services to the KGB, which they gladly accepted. For 22 years, the FBI never detected his treachery.
All it will take for this latest TSA buffoonery to be overcome is for an educated individual to take the time to set up a potential martyr as a suicide bomber. Nothing technologically elaborate, no extensive tradecraft required - just an average person with no flags in his or her background.