Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"We could put these tests together so that we have a 100 percent success rate every single time. Then, they wouldn't be challenging, they wouldn't be realistic and they really wouldn't be stretching the limits and the imagination of the Transportation Security officer."

Source: TSA Security Director Ed Morris, defending the abysmal performance by screeners at Denver International Airport in undercover tests last month. Agents with the TSA's so-called "Red Team" successfully sneaked simulated weapons and explosives through security checkpoints 90 percent of the time. According to Denver's KUSA-9, alarms sounded on screening machines when they encountered suspect devices, just as they're supposed to -- but screeners failed to then follow standard procedures, such as hand-searching luggage and conducting closer inspections of suspect passengers.

FMI: www.tsa.gov