TSA fails most tests in latest undercover operation at US airports

In recent undercover tests of multiple airport security checkpoints by the Department of Homeland Security, inspectors said screeners, their equipment or their procedures failed more than half of the time, according to a source. When asked, the source familiar with the report if the failure rate was 80%, the response was, “You are in the ballpark.” In a public hearing following a private, classified briefing to the House Committee on Homeland Security, members of Congress called the failures by the TSA "disturbing." Inspectors "identified vulnerabilities with TSA's screener performance, screening equipment, and associated procedures," according to the Department of Homeland Security. The findings remain classified but 8 recommendations have been made to TSA to improve checkpoint security. It is not clear what those recommendations are. <br/>