TSA acknowledges financial stress of shutdown is forcing officers to stay home

Re:TSA acknowledges financial stress of shutdown is forcing ... by lostcolony on Thursday January 17, 2019 @04:07PM (#18934635)

We know at least two made it through. Underwear bomber, shoe bomber.

We also know pre-9/11 how common it was (non-existent).

We also know that they consistently fail audits. Though they've gotten better! Most recently they only failed ~75% of the time at detecting things auditors were trying to smuggle in, instead of the prior 95%!

So, yeah, by itself it doesn't. But we have enough data to make a pretty solid eval.

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Re:TSA acknowledges financial stress of shutdown is forcing ... by mikeyouse on Thursday January 17, 2019 @04:41PM (#18934912)

Both the underwear bomber and shoe bomber boarded flights overseas (Amsterdam and Paris respectively) -- so no TSA involvement.

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Re:TSA acknowledges financial stress of shutdown is forcing ... by goobynight on Thursday January 17, 2019 @06:02PM (#18935495)

The TSA has operated overseas before, but probably not in these countries.

If they see a country isn't up to their standard, I think they either show up to implement it for flights headed to the US or at least consult with the nation.

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Re:TSA acknowledges financial stress of shutdown is forcing ... by acct1771 on Thursday January 17, 2019 @05:22PM (#18935232)

Underwear bomber was Saudi intelligence/CIA, for the reader's info.

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