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Houston police and the TSA play the blame game while a passenger with possible bomb components boards a plane
The TSA and the Houston police are arguing. I keep flashing on Keystone Kops. Harvey Rice has the details.

Houston police and the federal Transportation Security Administration disagree over who is responsible for allowing a man with what appeared to be bomb components board an aircraft at Hobby Airport last week.

Although the FBI eventually cleared the man of wrongdoing, police officials have transferred the officer involved and are investigating the incident while insisting that the TSA, not police, has the authority to keep a suspicious person from boarding a flight.

"Our job is not to be the gatekeepers," police Capt. Dwayne Ready said. "That burden falls squarely on the airline and TSA to make that final decision.

"We are looking at our role in the situation to make sure our policies were adhered to," he said. "During follow-up, we are finding that there simply was not a material threat."

TSA spokeswoman Andrea McCauley said screeners have the authority to stop people from going beyond the checkpoint to the boarding areas, but they rely heavily on local police.

So whose job is it and why wasn't it done?

Do these massive and expensive security procedures really matter if someone can get aboard a flight with what appears to be bomb components?

Does anyone actually think that the TSA is doing a good job?

— NeoWayland

Posted: Mon - July 10, 2006 at 05:08 AM  Tag


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