Posted on 01/01/2010 6:15:05 PM PST by Federalist Patriot
Here is a video report on a "serious and unacceptable" security breach that occurred in December at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Apparently, a security checkpoint was left unattended for at least 90 minutes on December 16:
The Transportation Security Administration has launched an internal investigation after a security checkpoint at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport was left unattended and unsecured for 90 minutes earlier this month.Three agents have reportedly been suspended as a result of the breach.
Three agents have been suspended pending the outcome of the investigation.
The agency said the agents left the checkpoint at Gate E8 from 8:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Dec. 16. Personnel from the airport's Department of Public Safety discovered the gate was not secure during a routine patrol, the TSA said.
TSA spokeswoman Andrea McCauley called it a "serious and unacceptable security failure."
"An immediate review of closed-circuit television tapes verified that no passengers or items entered the sterile area while the gate was unsecure," the TSA said in a statement.
But Dallas-based aviation security expert Denny Kelly said an hour and a half is too long. It could have put thousands of travelers at risk, he said.
"When you leave a gate like that open, they can go anywhere they want all over the world and never have to be checked again," he said. . . . MORE
“The system worked....”
They’re professionals ya know.
Two airports that you cannot go through in any fashion w/o going through security are Tokyo and Singapore. In Tokoyo you get off the plane and go through security. You wait in a sterile area and before boarding, you go through security again.
In Singapore, I didn’t have to go through security getting off the plane, but had to again before catching the next flight.
Were the tapes "accidentally" erased during the review?
Clearly TSA employees need a union so that they cannot be suspended for such minor issues as leaving their gate unattended......
Self-check Security? I like it! Goes right along with self check-in.
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