Lawmaker Blasts TSA For Security Lapses

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Lawmaker Blasts TSA For Security Lapses

Jul 5, 2011

[TD="class: storyAuthor"]By Jen DiMascio[/TD]

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The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee is taking the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to task for two recent security breakdowns.

Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) says he is “gravely concerned” about an incident in which a Nigerian national flew from New York John F. Kennedy International Airport to Los Angeles on an expired boarding pass, and another in which a passenger boarded a flight without having his boarding pass checked. Both incidents occurred on Virgin America flights.[/TD]

 

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Also, in other security related news...
Surgically implanted bombs: The terrorist strategy to evade airport scanners. - By William Saletan - Slate Magazine

For 40 years, we've been playing a game with terrorists. It's called "Hide the Bomb." We installed metal detectors in airports, so they devised nonmetallic explosives. We scanned bodies, so they hid a bomb in a shoe. We put everybody's shoes through scanners, so they hid bombs in underwear. We put people through scanners that showed the exact contours of their crotches and breasts. Citizens erupted in outrage. They said we had gone too far.
Actually, we didn't go far enough. Terrorists are taking the next logical step. They're trying to hide bombs inside their bodies.