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CPT Trips
You are correct. Nothing they showed on camera prepared the Airport Security Screeners to find one of those bombs or properly respond to a discovery of one. It sure would be interesting to see the "lesson plan" and the instructional objectives. It was probably fun for most Airport Security Screeners present and the guys actually blowing up things likely kept their skill set up.
Can someone remind me. Has TSA discovered any bomb or IED at a security checkpoint?
I've been told that, for the most part, front line clerks don't get to go on these field trips. It's for the higher ups.