Transportation Security Administration screeners failed to detect weapons and other prohibited items 95 percent of the time when their agency’s inspectors put them to the test. Inspectors routinely got through security with all kinds of dangerous stuff in their bags and on their bodies. According to ABC News, one undercover agent was stopped when he set off an alarm, but the TSA screener failed during a pat-down to detect a fake explosive device taped to his back. The Secretary of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson, said he took the findings “very seriously” and ordered TSA to retrain airport security officers, retest screening equipment and increase the use of covert testing in airports.
The companies that have made billions selling machines to TSA should be examined as well.