Friday, September 16, 2011

The 'Security' menace: TSA screening endangers us

The 'Security' menace: TSA screening endangers us:

So it turns out that Transportation Security Administration screeners not only rob passengers of cash, jewelry and soiled diapers; they also run drugs.

We don’t even need to leave New York state for two examples within the last month. On Aug. 26, Minetta Walker admitted conspiring to get smugglers through checkpoints at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, and now cops have busted a ring ferrying oxycodone between Westchester and Florida that includes three screeners.

What if, next time, it’s terrorists who bribe screeners to look the other way?

Remember: TSA screeners have never caught a terrorist -- and they’ve missed a bunch. Federal investigators found last year that “at least 16 individuals later accused of involvement in terrorist plots [had flown] 23 different times through US airports since 2004,” according to CBS News. “Yet none were stopped by TSA ... officers working at those airports.”

No doubt they were too busy groping Grandma instead.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...

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