Ferget punishing this guy, they should give him a $1000 reward for demonstrating how bad security is there. If some idiot can, on a whim, blast through security in full view of numerous guards & cameras, and the breach is considered serious enough to shut down the entire airport, then the security staff responsible is clearly & demonstrably incompetent and should be replaced.
I think the whole "inanimate object control" model of airport security is misguided...but if they're going to use it, they should do it right. This guy showed it was done very wrong.
Add to that "and to get away". He was caught through chance and recycling back through. That is a serious security flaw.
Yes that's a good idea. The busiest airport in the US can't quickly apprehend a person running through their security. Lucky for everyone this guy was innocent, but if he had been carrying a bomb or some anthrax or boxcutters, he could have gotten very far, even booked a flight and very possibly got on a plane.