Friday, May 03, 2013

Trusted Workers Bypass Airport Security

In our world of make-believe security, the "trusted" airport workers don't go through security screening.  They literally walk around security, often through special doors not seen by the traveling public, carrying oversized bottles of liquids and backpacks full of anything.  What happens when these trusted employees start carrying packages of drugs?  What happens if one of the TSA employees is blackmailed into carrying a package through the no-security doors?  People, even those who previously had security clearances, can and do bad things.  As the following article states,"Sometimes, unfortunately, humans do some really stupid things".

Airline, Airport Employees Caught Abusing Security Badges
[A worker used] his badge to put his family in a van at a cargo facility and then drive them across the airport ramp to terminal E.  They were caught entering the terminal after a police officer "heard children laughing" on the airport ramp. 
[A] flight attendant was caught sneaking a backpack through an employee entrance and giving it to her husband boarding a flight ...

Who still thinks the naked scans, groping, and violation of 4th Amendment rights protects us in the airline system?  The fake TSA security is an expensive fraud.  Real security would exempt no one from the screening process.  Either there is security for everyone, or there is security for no one.

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