An Iranian buisiness-man has admitted to a passing through security at a U.S. airport and boarded an international flight while accidentally carrying a loaded, semi-automatic pistol in his carry-on luggage. He didn't realize he had forgotten to remove the loaded snub nose "baby" Glock pistol [sic] from his computer bag. TSA officers did not notice as his bag glided along the belt and was x-rayed. When he got to his hotel after the three-hour flight, he was shocked to discover the gun traveled unnoticed from Houston. TSA had missed it, and despite what most people believe about the painstaking effort to screen airline passengers and luggage before they enter the terminal, it was not so unusual. TSA and other federal agencies have conduct random, covert "red team" tests, where undercover agents try to see just how much they can get past security at major U.S. airports. What was been leaked in media reports have been shocking. According to one report, undercover TSA agents testing security at airport terminals on one day in 2006 found that TSA failed to detect concealed bombs and guns 20 out of 22 times ( a 91% "Kaboom" success rate.) And a 2007 government audit leak revealed that undercover agents were successful slipping simulated explosives and bomb parts through Los Angeles's LAX airport in 50 out of 70 attempts ( 71% "Kaboom" success rate), and at Chicago's O'Hare airport agents made 75 attempts and succeeded in getting through undetected 45 times(61% "Kaboom" success). And WHERE can I get one of those "snub nose "baby" Glock pistols" ? Glock must've improved the invisibility formula for their polymers. Keep 'em Flying.
Does TSA know its Shin-o-la® from any hole in the ground??
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rbernie
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Making fun of the TSA is kinda like hunting cows with a hammer - where's the sport in it? More to the point, doing so is off topic for THR. Just because a gun was involved does not make the story gun-specific.
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