TSA - Fake Bomb Makes It Past Airport Security In Tampa
January 28, 2008
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Before you slam airport security or the TSA, realize that this test was actually performed by the TSA to uncover and correct any lapses or gaps in the current system. This is how it’s done folks. If you don’t test for these types of situations, the end result is fairly easy to figure out.
I commend the Transportation Security Administration for their willingness to subject themselves to this type of public scrutiny. Keep up the great work…and maybe someday invite a blogger along. 
Jason that’s the name CNN was asked to call him slides a simulated explosive into an elastic back support. The mock bomb is as slim as a wallet; its fuse, the size of a cigarette. He wraps the support around his torso, and the bomb fits comfortably into the small of his back.
It’s hard to tell he’s concealing anything; harder still when he dons a black T-shirt and a maroon golf shirt.
Then, with CNN’s cameras in tow, Jason heads to Tampa International Airport, where he’ll try to sneak the fake explosive past security screeners.
Jason, a covert tester for the Transportation Security Administration, has been probing airport weaknesses for five years, beginning with big mock bombs before switching to ever smaller devices as the TSA adapts to evolving terrorist threats. Video Watch the tester slip past security »
As jobs go, this one comes with its own unique set of satisfactions and tribulations. Jason wants to succeed at his task and he wants to fail. Success is a measure of his stealth, hewn by 40 years in law enforcement. But failure is satisfying too, because it means airport screeners are growing more adept at detecting threats.
So Jason looking every bit the middle-aged man on an uneventful trip to anywhere shows a boarding pass and an ID to a TSA document checker, and he is directed to a checkpoint where, unbeknown to the security officer on site, the real test begins.
He gets through, which in real life would mean a terrorist was headed toward a plane with a bomb.
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