02 June 2015

TSA fails security testing


The BBC has an article about some oops at our airports:
A top US official has pledged reforms after tests found that airport screeners allowed mock explosives and weapons through security checkpoints ninety-five percent of the time. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson called for revised security procedures in airports across the US.
In one test, a screener failed to find a fake bomb taped to an agent's back, despite patting the man down. The acting head of the agency, Transportation Security Administration's Melvin Carraway, has been reassigned to a different job in the Department of Homeland SecurityActing Deputy Director Mark Hatfield will now lead the agency until a new boss comes in.
The results of tests were first reported by ABC News, which said the tests were carried out at seventy US airports, but only three were able detect the banned weapons.
Johnson said security officers should be retrained and scanning equipment should be retested. He said he was taking the results of tests "very seriously. The numbers in these reports never look good out of context, but they are a critical element in the continual evolution of our aviation security," he said. "We take these findings very seriously in our continued effort to test, measure, and enhance our capabilities and techniques as threats evolve." Johnson said the results of the report were classified, but he said there would be more random covert testing at checkpoints.
Rico says what's gummint-speak for clusterfuck?

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