he Huffington Post | By Andy Campbell
Posted: 06/01/2015 2:07 pm EDT
As thorough as the Transportation Security Administration screeners may be as they rifle through your belongings, the agency isn’t performing where it counts.
In a series of trials, the Department of Homeland Security was able to smuggle fake explosives, weapons and other contraband past airport screeners in major cities across the country, according to ABC News. Officials briefed on the Homeland Security Inspector General’s investigation told the station that the TSA failed 67 out of 70 tests conducted by the department’s Red Teams — undercover passengers tasked with identifying weaknesses in the screening process, NJ.com reports.
During the tests, DHS agents each tried to bring a banned item past TSA screeners. They succeeded 95 percent of the time.
The internal investigation was designed to find the TSA’s most egregious vulnerabilities. The TSA has said Red Team agents are “super terrorists” who “push the boundaries of our people, processes, and technology,” but DHS officials told ABC the test results were frustrating at the very least.
It amazes me that the TSA confiscate bottles of liquids that exceed the 4oz threshold. They seize these items every minutes or two while passenger pass through security. Thud, these seized bottles are dumped into a large plastic bin. The bin is full of them.
Now the reason for these seizures is because the bottles are suspected of being potential explosives. Think about this for a minute.
Not the smartest people are they.