The US TSA has previously been called to account for the way it operates the so-called security system at US airports.
Once again, it is challenged in the way it conducts its operations at aiports.
"Recent lapses in security by the TSA, including a Nigerian-American man who has apparently flown repeatedly with false boarding passes, have made it a rough week for the agency charged with protecting the public from terrorists and others.
Other recent mishaps include:
The company that makes airport scanners say they’re safer than eating a banana. But some scientists with an expertise in imaging and cancer now say that the evidence made public to support these claims is unreliable and suggest that may be why the TSA won’t make the machines available for independent testing.
ProRepublica also reports that security officials have briefed domestic and foreign airline officials about the possibility of terrorist groups finding ways to implant explosive devices in humans to blow up passenger jets. That was prompted by the implementatin of the controversial body scanners that can see under clothing.
The Nigerian-American man who called himself a “frequent traveler” was overlooked by the TSA (Transportation Security Administration).
He was only caught because he smelled bad but his case of almost comically evading airport security has a serious side that officials are still struggling to sort out.
But it’s gotten worse for the TSA, which is still reeling over its decision to force a 95-year-old woman in a wheelchair to take off her adult diaper when she went through security in Florida.
The arrested stowaway, Olajide Oluwaseun, has apparently been repeatedly flying around the country on false boarding passes. He is now in custody and charged with being a stowaway, a felony that could land him five years in jail."
Once again, it is challenged in the way it conducts its operations at aiports.
"Recent lapses in security by the TSA, including a Nigerian-American man who has apparently flown repeatedly with false boarding passes, have made it a rough week for the agency charged with protecting the public from terrorists and others.
Other recent mishaps include:
The company that makes airport scanners say they’re safer than eating a banana. But some scientists with an expertise in imaging and cancer now say that the evidence made public to support these claims is unreliable and suggest that may be why the TSA won’t make the machines available for independent testing.
ProRepublica also reports that security officials have briefed domestic and foreign airline officials about the possibility of terrorist groups finding ways to implant explosive devices in humans to blow up passenger jets. That was prompted by the implementatin of the controversial body scanners that can see under clothing.
The Nigerian-American man who called himself a “frequent traveler” was overlooked by the TSA (Transportation Security Administration).
He was only caught because he smelled bad but his case of almost comically evading airport security has a serious side that officials are still struggling to sort out.
But it’s gotten worse for the TSA, which is still reeling over its decision to force a 95-year-old woman in a wheelchair to take off her adult diaper when she went through security in Florida.
The arrested stowaway, Olajide Oluwaseun, has apparently been repeatedly flying around the country on false boarding passes. He is now in custody and charged with being a stowaway, a felony that could land him five years in jail."
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