Gee, what a surprise that that this imbecile was named head of the TSA by Obama and DHS Chief Johnson.
He allowed over 95% of fake bombs get past TSA security.
They'll probably replace him with a mozlem lesbian.
Posted on 06/02/2015 3:41:58 PM PDT by Erik Latranyi
Bomb threats were made against five different aircraft, from five different airlines, on flights either originating or landing in the United States on Tuesday. Officials say all five of the threats were “non-credible,” part of a surge in hoax bomb threats in progress since Memorial Day.
NBC News says all the “threats of chemical explosives” were “phoned” in. UPI clarifies that at least one of the threats, against U.S. Airways Flight 648 from San Diego, California to Philadelphia International Airport, was received by telephone at the Transportation Security Agency headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Flight 648 was evacuated after landing, moved to a safer location “out of an abundance of caution” according to Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Joe Sullivan, and thoroughly searched by a police bomb squad and K-9 team.
“There was nothing dangerous aboard the plane,” reported Sullivan. “It was a hoax phone threat.”
The other planes threatened were Korean Air Flight 23 from Seoul to San Francisco; Delta Flight 55, from Los Angeles to Atlanta; United Flight 995, from San Francisco to Chicago O’Hare; and Volaris Flight 939, from Portland, Oregon to Guadalajara, Mexico. The Korean Air plane was still in flight at the time NBC News posted its report, but the others have all landed safely. Volaris is a Mexican airline.
“Hoax threats have been made against almost a dozen planes over the past two weeks, mostly flights coming into the United States from other countries,” NBC reports.
The UK Daily Mail adds that the FBI believes the threats were all made by a single individual. “Among them, an Air France was escorted by two military jets and screened at JFK airport following reports of a chemical threat on board,” the Daily Mail reports.
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Considering how easy it is for ground crews to access planes it can be scary. Just leaving an AK in the lav should do it.
Since the TSA misses 95% of all bombs going through security, the terrorists really don’t need to try too hard.
That’s the flying public going through TSA, then you have the ground crew servicing the planes plus baggage loaders. What if one bag with a bomb was shoved under the fence and then loaded on a plane?
Just harassment, I think. They know the threats have to be checked out, and that slows things down.
Of course, it’s also possible that they’re trying to get people to just shrug and not check it out...at which point, there will actually be a bombing of an aircraft.
Evil, evil Muslims.
Sounds like someone really wants the Patriot Act renewed.
Apparently undercover agents have been able to successfully smuggle fake bombs and weapons past TSA security over 90% of the time.
Gee, what a surprise that that this imbecile was named head of the TSA by Obama and DHS Chief Johnson.
He allowed over 95% of fake bombs get past TSA security.
They'll probably replace him with a mozlem lesbian.
ABC News reports:
“[The inspector general found that] TSA agents failed 67 out of 70 tests, with Red Team members repeatedly able to get potential weapons through checkpoints, according to officials briefed on the report.
“In one case, agents failed to detect a fake explosive taped to an agent’s back, even after performing a pat down that was prompted after the agent set off the magnetometer alarm, according to officials briefed on the report.”
We are so screwed.
exactly
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