Investigation: Undercover agents snuck fake explosives, banned weapons past TSA
Jun 1, 2015 17:32:26 #
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/01/investigation-undercover-agents-snuck-fake-explosives-through-tsa-checkpoints/
Undercover agents were able to sneak fake explosives and banned weapons through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints, in an investigation that revealed a massive, system-wide security failure at America's airports.
The findings were part of a DHS inspector general probe. The report is still classified, but Fox News has confirmed the investigation found security failures at dozens of airports.
Homeland Security officials confirmed to Fox News that TSA screeners failed 67 out of 70 tests -- or 96 percent -- carried out by special investigators known as "red teams."
In one case, an undercover agent with a fake bomb strapped to his back set off a magnetometer -- but the screener still failed to find it.
A Department of Homeland Security spokesman told Fox News on Monday that DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson "immediately" directed changes upon learning of the investigation's findings, "to address the issues raised in the report."
The tests, and findings, were first reported by ABC News.
Undercover agents were able to sneak fake explosives and banned weapons through Transportation Security Administration checkpoints, in an investigation that revealed a massive, system-wide security failure at America's airports.
The findings were part of a DHS inspector general probe. The report is still classified, but Fox News has confirmed the investigation found security failures at dozens of airports.
Homeland Security officials confirmed to Fox News that TSA screeners failed 67 out of 70 tests -- or 96 percent -- carried out by special investigators known as "red teams."
In one case, an undercover agent with a fake bomb strapped to his back set off a magnetometer -- but the screener still failed to find it.
A Department of Homeland Security spokesman told Fox News on Monday that DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson "immediately" directed changes upon learning of the investigation's findings, "to address the issues raised in the report."
The tests, and findings, were first reported by ABC News.
Jun 1, 2015 18:29:43 #
bmac32 wrote:
People work for the TSA because they couldn't make the grade at Burger King.
Jun 1, 2015 18:35:21 #
Loki wrote:
People work for the TSA because they couldn't make the grade at Burger King.
2weeks training and $14 per hour.
Jun 1, 2015 18:51:50 #
tdsrnest wrote:
2weeks training and $14 per hour.
Be still, oh my beating heart. I hope everyone feels safer now while you're getting groped and viewed.
Jun 1, 2015 18:56:48 #
Apr 22, 2017 11:31:27 #
Apr 22, 2017 12:00:46 #
tdsrnest wrote:
2weeks training and $14 per hour.
That means it probably shouldn't take you more than 6 weeks to finish the training.
Apr 22, 2017 12:07:59 #
What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It's not good at much else.
Apr 22, 2017 12:21:59 #
Loki wrote:
That means it probably shouldn't take you more than 6 weeks to finish the training.
Now that's an immature response but typical right wing BS they only believe what you want to believe. Never respond always acting like children
Apr 22, 2017 12:42:39 #
Apr 22, 2017 14:53:21 #
tdsrnest wrote:
Now that's an immature response but typical right wing BS they only believe what you want to believe. Never respond always acting like children
It is not an immature response, it is an accurate one.
Apr 22, 2017 20:31:32 #
Apr 23, 2017 07:55:35 #
norte wrote:
Ask not what your government can do for you. Ask what your government is doing to you.
That we can agree on.
Apr 23, 2017 08:13:29 #
Sep 2, 2018 17:47:56 #
One way to resist the TSA is to fly direct out of foreign airports in Mexico or Canada.
The TSA sometimes work in foreign airports, though.
Being groped by foreigners seems less depressing than by American traitors.
Boycott American companies by using foreign airlines, too.
http://nypost.com/2014/07/01/how-to-fly-on-a-private-jet-for-less-than-200/
The TSA sometimes work in foreign airports, though.
Being groped by foreigners seems less depressing than by American traitors.
Boycott American companies by using foreign airlines, too.
http://nypost.com/2014/07/01/how-to-fly-on-a-private-jet-for-less-than-200/
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