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| Most fake bombs missed by TSA screeners |
| 2007-10-18 |
| Security screeners at two of the nation's busiest airports failed to find fake bombs hidden on undercover agents posing as passengers in more than 60% of tests last year, according to a classified report obtained by USA TODAY. OK, but how many nail files did they find? Screeners at Los Angeles International Airport missed about 75% of simulated explosives and bomb parts that Transportation Security Administration testers hid under their clothes or in carry-on bags at checkpoints, the TSA report shows. They could do a much better job if they were allowed to join the SEIU At Chicago O'Hare International Airport, screeners missed about 60% of hidden bomb materials that were packed in everyday carry-ons — including toiletry kits, briefcases and CD players. San Francisco International Airport screeners, who work for a private company instead of the TSA, missed about 20% of the bombs, the report shows. The TSA ran about 70 tests at Los Angeles, 75 at Chicago and 145 at San Francisco. Private companies cheat. The report looks only at those three airports, using them as case studies to understand how well the rest of the U.S. screening system is working to stop terrorists from carrying bombs through checkpoints. That is not the purpose of the program. It is designed to employ the unemployable. 'EXPLOSIVES' IN CARRY-ONS Contraband carried by undercover agents posing as passengers at airport checkpoints: • Bomb residue on shoelaces • Detonator and explosives hidden in briefcase lining • Inert explosives inside CD players • Fake dynamite and timer in toiletry kit • Phony plastic explosive and battery inside hollowed-out book • Inert explosives and detonator in back support concealed by clothing |
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