Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
Shoe and underwear bomber? How many dead there?
So what is the spade?
If we knew the "Spade" we wouldn't have this post.
It's more about knowing what, when and to whom to ask appropriate vetting questions, such as used in the part by El Al's security protocols. El Al Officers are highly trained vs. our "7/11 grade" Blue Suit screeners.
El Al hasn't had an in-flight take over incident since 1968.
The FAMS are a good concept and step in the right direction, but lack support and funding.
The problem also lies with lack of high quality, trained LAW ENFORCEMENT Screening Officers, (currently TSA Screeners can't make a single arrest, yet 400 Screeners have been arrested for mostly on-duty crimes and/or security related laspes).
But El Al's highly trained security system and protocol HAVE PREVENTED numerous incidents since 1968 SOME PREVENTATIVE INTERDICTIONS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL SOLELY BY ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTION(S) AT THE RIGHT TIME. They continiue to find the "Spade."
The U.S. has several capable law enforcement units, that could fully secure both passenger and cargo hubs. Some were deployed and secured numerous aviation hubs on 09/11.
But then the talking heads wanted to build a new fiefdom, the TSA.
They'll never admit failure until the Agency is in such disarray, with multiple failures, Congress has to disband it, (as Congress disbanded the INS in 2002).
Here's an article from 2003. You'd think we'd get it right by now, using El Al's protocols as an base/example, as well as revamping the FAMS.
El Al's Security Vs. the U.S. Approach - Bloomberg Business
From the article of 2003......U.S. airports are certainly more secure. But security experts warn they're not yet secure enough to prevent another attack. The reason: The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has focused on reactive countermeasures, rather than strategic deterrence and risk management......
In Israel, almost nothing slips through, Yeffet claims. And if it does, screeners are fired on the spot. The TSA wouldn't comment on its hiring-and-firing policies. But Yeffet says TSA figures revealed that in 2002, U.S. screeners failed to identify 70% of knives and 60% of false explosives put on the X-Ray belt by testers. "Routine is the enemy of good security," says Yeffet. "The day you think nothing will happen, something will."
TSA Fails 95 Percent Of Airport Security Tests Conducted By Homeland Security: Report
and 13 years later.... From a report in June of 2015...TSA Fails 95 Percent Of Airport Security Tests Conducted By Homeland Security: Report
In one test an undercover agent was stopped after setting off an alarm at a magnetometer, but TSA screeners failed to detect a fake explosive device that was taped to his back during a follow-on pat down.
Officials would not divulge the exact time period of the testing other than to say it concluded recently.....
There's no cure for ineptness.