Airport Screening Still Fails Tests
Do current security plans depend on no guns getting onto the planes? I hope not.
Covert government tests last November showed that screeners were still missing some knives, guns and explosives carried through airport checkpoints, and the reasons involve equipment, training, procedures and management, according to a report by the inspector general of the Homeland Security Department.
From The New York Times. Use BugMeNot if you need a login.
In other “guns on planes” news, John Miller, the head of the LAPD’s counter-terror unit was detained Thursday after forgetting about a gun in his bag.
It’s interesting that Miller got where he is via a PR and reporting background. The obvious charge is security as theater. However, reporters often end up knowing a huge amount about their subjects, and so I don’t want to throw that charge without more research than I can do before dinner.