I read a report last night that said the stolen passports were on the Interpol databank that can be supplied to any country’s security services if that country would ask for the info. The report also stated that many countries do not bother obtaining the info from Interpol & therefore don’t bother monitoring the validity of the passports presented. Nice, huh?
The poster above who said airport security is a joke hit the nail on the head. Seems its not just a problem limited to the USA and our TSA agency of Tools Standing Around.
When I was traveling a couple years ago to that part of the world, Japanese version of TSA told us that they were required by our USA govt to do pat downs. If they want to access our airports, they have to do this. So I had a little old lady pat me and my husband down, it was funny. However, the Korean kid that was next in line, got taken out of the line and subjected to much more.
Why would the US want that information. As long as the TSA’s get to grope people, restrict size of shampoo and make us take off our shoes, that’s all they care about.