[Shermy]

I'd add that the checker, gave the guy a pass, a supervisor found out and went bezerk. You WILL NOT hear the real story why the man got by in the first place because it will suggest that the procedures, staff and policies are incompetent and inadequate. This would cut into profits and threaten the contractor, therefore the story will be kept murky.

[warpsmith]

Fox News interviewed an airport security manager (from NY I think, not SF) who stated the explosive residue was the same as on TWA 800. When asked by Fox for more about the 800 residue, he repeated the (lame) official story that the residue on 800 had been left due to the botched 'explosive test' performed earlier on that plane.