Airport Security Missed Bomb Parts
Author: Dave Lewis
You know, its stories like this that really give me a moment pause. Maybe John Madden isn’t as crazy as I once thought.
From CNN:
The investigators reported that most of the time security officers followed TSA policies and procedures, but investigators were able to take advantage of “weaknesses in TSA [Transportation Security Administration] procedures and other vulnerabilities.”
“These weaknesses were identified based on a review of public information,” the planned GAO testimony says.
Investigators concluded that if they had attempted the same test at other airports, they would have evaded detection.
But the GAO did not detail the weaknesses because they “are sensitive security information.”
The investigators obtained the bomb-making components at local stores and over the Internet for less than $150, according to testimony.
If you poke a hole in a pressurized tin can it will collapse. It was one pound of Semtex that took down Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie. To help put that into perspective a MacBook weighs 5 pounds.
Tags: Airport Security, GAO TSA Investigation, TSA
You know it’s funny.. After what we went through after 9/11 and the steps we have taken to secure our borders and security, for this type of an incident to happen is just unacceptable.
Maybe if we have a few more planes explode in the sky and a few more of our family members perish on those planes then maybe someone will actually put some competent people in charge, becuase from what I see here, the people that are in charge just can’t do their jobs.
Chain of command.. stupidity started at the white house and it seems that it falls all the way down to the TSA and lower…
Instead of spending all this money and resources on intelligence and other, we should just open up our borders and let everyone in. ( roll eyes )
Or, we should take an example from our russian friends across the globe; if a journalist writes something bad about the country — headshot!