If the Red Teams get W.E.I.'s through security, they are revealing a weakness.

Failure is Failure.

But where, exactly, is the responsibility for that weakness? Sometimes, the weakness is with an individual screener; at that point, the correction (either redemptive or punitive) should be applied to that individual screener. Sometimes, the weakness is with the system, not the players; for example, the Red Team gets a weapon through using known gaps in the system. At that point, disciplining the individual screener is most likely ineffective; you'd be holding a screener responsible for a failure they weren't trained to prevent.

I don't know anything about Red Teams, so I don't know what they're trying to do. But if the purpose of the Red Team is to try to circumvent security procedures ... well, we know that can be done very easily. Heck, a reporter and a self-taught security expert proved it last November.

jkhuggins

I agree with your post.

The bottom line is security can easily be circumvented, what is the purpose of the TSA?

1. Post 9/11 'we're doing everything we can to prevent another 9/11.'
2. The sheeple actually think TSA is effective.
3. Enhancing profits for water sales on the concourse side of security.
4. Bothering frequent fliers with inane, ineffective, and annoying processes.
5. Humiliating passengers who can't effectively retaliate.
6. Enhancing the pockets of TSOs who steal from poorly secured passenger's luggage.
7. Massive work fair.
8. Provides a place for those on a power trip to exercise their authority.

9. Used up a lot of blue fabric.