Wimpie

DUH!
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local-bea...116497568.html

motorguy

Did the reporters of his incident ask about how well the TSA screens people who work at the airport? Are they sure that the baggage handlers are not putting a bomb on the airplane along with your luggage?

Cartoon Peril

So, we ditched the WTMD to so that People's Commissar Chertoff could get rich, and so now with no WTMD people can pack heat onto the aircraft.

John Pistole, you are not only a tyrant, you are worse, you are a fool.

jbart74

Wow! You really hit the nail on the head Cartoon! I am surprised that this hasn't received more attention in the press or even here. (FLAME FREE ZONE... no need to post every instance where this might have been mentioned here on FT, REALLY)

Interesting that the FBI scanners aren't also metal detectors. How stupid is that?

I eschew them all, WTMD and FBS are not welcome when I travel. I prefer the full body patdown. Nothing to hide and nothing to lose.

DAL4550

I hope the TSA response to this isn't to more aggressively grope the groin area of all women. This actually scares me.

greentips

The article quotes the TSA, "Our security officers are one of the most heavily tested federal workforces in the nation. We regularly test our officers in a variety of ways to ensure the effectiveness of our technology, security measures and the overall layered system. For security reasons, we do not publicize or comment on the results of covert tests, however advanced imaging technology is an effective tool to detect both metallic and nonmetallic items hidden on passengers."

. . .and watch them fail in a variety of ways, repeatedly without remediation is what was unsaid.

And our favorite TSA posters is fond of saying that inconsistency ("some airports do, some airports don't, each airport is different.") is part of the layers of security.

And yesterday, John Pistole was on NPR and said, concerning the need for a TSA union: When I came to the agency, moral was low, standards were inconsistent, there was no uniform personnel policy. . ."

What is left unsaid it that this agency is an inconsistent, ineffective, incompetent organization which covers up its legion failures, criminal misconduct in a specious, "security through obscurity" philosophy. Let us hope our congress has the stones to reign them in.

FliesWay2Much

...of course they will. That's the only way they can respond. The Sheeple will love it.

Cartoon Peril

At this point, seeing the barbarism with which the elderly and the disabled are treated, the worse the better. Let this vast heap of criminality come into the open rather then hide like the cowards they are behind claims of "national security."

doober

The way to handle such lapses is to put two or three voyeurs in each booth.

DeafBlonde

Might as well...the security theatre is just a big circle j**k, anyway!

Caradoc

Hey, now. There's no call for that sort of broad-brushing.

I'd call a 100% failure rate pretty consistent.

greentips

Naw. A circle implies organization. I think the phrase you are looking for is cluster . . .

Reprimand accepted. I stand corrected.

WindOfFreedom

Let me get this straight. The TSA higher-ups deliberately sent a woman undercover agent through the NoS with a bra piece, which went undetected not once, but on multiple occasions. They have now revealed that fact.

So, what kind of an official "enhanced" boob inspection can the rest of us now expect, courtesy of and with this little exercise as an excuse?

FliesWay2Much

I've got to believe, as we speak, that Blogdad Bob and his boss, Spokesholess-in-Chief Kristin Lee, are working on an "explanation" which will assure the public that this is perfectly OK and that the TSA is protecting us better than ever.

With the Monday holiday, they have an extra day to work on it, so it will be a doozy. They will have a chance to work on all the pro-TSA posts in advance as well. Betcha' it shows up Tuesday morning. If they were really slick, they would sneak it out there this weekend when nobody will notice.

Cartoon Peril

Yes, but this never happened. Ever. Move along, citizens, nothing to see here.