And here is another example of your tax dollars at work....
But the good news they did detect 100 percent of all nail
clippers.


Fake Bomb Foils TSA, too
A week after French airport authorities lost track of a wad of plastic
explosives during a training exercise, TSA screeners at Newark International
Airport committed a similar flub, according to the Associated Press. Last
Tuesday a fake bomb, complete with wires, detonator and timer, but no actual
explosives, was planted in a bag for training purposes. While a baggage
scanning machine set off an alarm, TSA agents apparently lost track of the
bag and were unable to recover it before baggage handlers loaded it onto a
flight to Amsterdam. Airport officials in Amsterdam were able to snag the
fake bomb, and the TSA says no one was ever in danger. However, the Newark
Star-Ledger newspaper reported that over the summer, screeners at Newark
allegedly failed to detect a quarter of all fake explosives planted in bags
during weekly tests.



"Spockstuto" wrote in message
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Your tax dollars at work

HARTSFIELD ORDEAL

Our sympathies go out to anyone caught in the incredible mess at
Hartsfield International Airport on Saturday. I'm told that literally
thousands missed flights because there weren't enough TSA screeners on
duty to get the job done. Here is just one of the emails we've received
about Saturday's Hartsfield Hell:

I took my 77 year old parents to Hartsf-Jack airport Saturday. we got
there over 2 hrs. ahead of time (you know how old people have to be early)
flight was 3:20 and we arrived outside the Airtran counter at 1:20. thank
goodness we were early since the cops there had traffic blocked past the
parking lots. parents picked for random screening. both have heart
problems and dad has diabetes as well as a hip problem. screening took 1.5
hours and they missed their flight. they just got on a flight now (11:00
pm) after 10 hours. both parents are Irish German with an American name.
not Muhammad. I am so ****ed. what are the odds that they will come to
visit my family again after this ordeal? (Donna C.)

Like the Israeli security expert said; Americans have it all wrong. We
look for terrorists. They look for weapons. There is no way these
77-year-olds should have been singled out like this, but political
correctness being the rule these TSA types can't spend their time actually
looking for those who really would present a threat.

There's another way to look at this. When a passenger walks up to an
Israeli security checkpoint the Israeli security personnel are actually
trained to observe the passenger, talk to the passenger, ask pertinent
questions and make a judgment as to whether or not this particular person
would constitute a threat. Now that I think about it, maybe were better
off with our security agents strip-searching each passenger rather than
actually trying to use their heads to make an individual judgment.