Originally Posted by
Maxwell Smart
On June 28, a post refuting reports of book screening was made on the TSA blog. Why can TSA not make a similar post stating something to the effect of "recent news reports referenced testing to search for drugs at a checkpoint, this is false, TSA does not search for drugs, etc."?
The organization has made a point of not publishing covert/overt testing procedures or results, I do not anticipate that to change moving forward. They do not disclose what they test for, what they use, who they use (with the exception of nebulous titles - "Red team", etc), how they conduct them or what they are actually testing. I hope that they continue in this vein, simply because the information can be used for nefarious purposes. If we publish the methods or similar information, someone can learn how to game the system, ditto with locations, testers, items, equipment, etc.
Now, a refutation (or confirmation for that matter) may come from another source, but I do not anticipate TSA to come out and state that these test results are accurate or not accurate, I expect them to continue with the "neither confirm nor deny", because that is what they are supposed to do.
As to the drugs search, they have posted it tons of times, I do not expect them to post specifically on this report... because, well, we have posted the contrary opinion tons of times.