Airline screeners fail government bomb tests

Airline screeners fail government bomb tests
21 airports nationwide don’t detect bomb-making materials
NBC News
Updated: 8:00 p.m. ET March 16, 2006


Lisa Myers
Senior investigative correspondent


WASHINGTON - Imagine an explosion strong enough to blow a car's trunk apart, caused by a bomb inside a passenger plane. Government sources tell NBC News that federal investigators recently were able to carry materials needed to make a similar homemade bomb through security screening at 21 airports.

In all 21 airports tested, no machine, no swab, no screener anywhere stopped the bomb materials from getting through. Even when investigators deliberately triggered extra screening of bags, no one discovered the materials.

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Can't say I'm surprised given who we have working a screener's/security at airports. Non-Native English speakers abound along with, 'the can't be bothered crowd', and the terminally stupid. (And y'all know who I mean, we've all seen and heard them)