You would be correct on that.
This plot was about missions from incoming flights originating from overseas airports that do not use the new bodyscanners available in the US.
M.E. airports still use metal detectors (the walk thru, and secondary hand helds) and sometimes a pat down, but not the full sexual molestation that's become de rigueur in the US.
Severe lack of explosive sniffing equipment too, of both the mechanical and four legged variety.
Big hubs have the scanners. Small regional airports do not.
You can enter the US system ANYWHERE right now if it's a small airport and then fly to the hubs and be inside security.
It's "security farce".
Think about it. The doors are WIDE OPEN and the terrorists know it just as well as the TSA people do.
So ask yourself why they insist on forcing the masses through the gates in large cities. It's conditioning. Nothing to do with airport security whatsoever.