Reports: Airport Screeners Still Do Poorly

[SillyGoose]

WASHINGTON - Two upcoming government reports will say the quality of screening at airports is no better now than before the Sept. 11 attacks, according to a House member who has been briefed on the contents.


The Government Accountability Office — the investigative arm of Congress — and the Homeland Security Department's inspector general are expected to soon release their findings on the performance of Transportation Security Administration screeners.


"A lot of people will be shocked at the billions of dollars we've spent and the results they're going to see, which confirm previous examinations of the Soviet-style screening system we've put in place," Rep. John Mica (news, bio, voting record), R-Fla., told The Associated Press on Friday.

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[DemBones DemBones]

1. But, hey, they make everybody remove their shoes, feel up women's breasts,

and make people in wheelchairs stand up, plus you have to get there much earlier for your flight!

[Anakin Skywalker]

2. Not News. I Have Always Known This.

What can I say? They are Bush's Boys.

[CoffeeCat]

3. You gotta be kidding me...

I flew in January--to Washington DC (to stick my tongue out at the White House).

Anyhoo--I was pulled aside, asked to remove my shoes and was searched. They used the wand on me, to detect any metal. Then a woman felt me up for a solid 10 minutes. She poked at by bra and she even felt between my toes.

THEN, they went through my carry on bag. She rifled through my underwear! Then she took a few articles of clothing out of my bag and ran chemical tests on them. I asked her what they were looking for and she said, "explosives."

If this is "poorly"--I shudder to think what a thorough search would look like!

:scared: