Airport Security Misses Bomb Parts

But nails you for the eyelash curlers and tweezers:

tsa_large.jpgThe investigators learned about the components to make an improvised explosive device and an improvised incendiary device on the Internet and purchased the parts at local stores, said the report by the Government Accountability Office. Investigators were able to purchase the components for the two devices for under $150, and they studied the published guidelines for screening to determine how to conceal the prohibited items as they went through checkpoint security.

At the end of the testing, investigators concluded that terrorists could use publicly available information and a few cheaply available supplies to damage an airplane and threaten passenger safety.

Aren’t you glad we put all the security under the authority of the federal government? I know I feel safer. But, according to the TSA, this is no big deal:

“While people think about us in terms of the checkpoints and they see us as the checkpoints, there’s a lot more layers of security,” she said. In addition to the checkpoints, the TSA uses different technologies and has officials who check the validity of documents and observe people’s behaviors throughout the airport. “Just because somebody gets through one layer doesn’t mean they’re going to get through all of the layers.”

Lady, they got a bomb on a plane. you want to take a leak on my shoe and tell me it’s raining. They got a bomb on the plane. Unless you have some more layers on the plane, you failed. Game over. Dead passengers.

Duane Lester is an ex-Navy journalist turned blogger and podcaster. He is the lead writer and editor for All American Blogger. You can also find him on StumbleUpon, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Blog Talk Radio and Newsvine. You can contact him by clicking the "E-mail this Author" button below.
Email this author | All posts by Duane Lester | Subscribe to this author's RSS Feed