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Originally Posted by jimworcs
Troy,.
The TSA and DHS are a security industry which has as it's primary motivation the creation of sufficient fear in the general public to justify it's continued existance and the expenditure of huge sums of public money. It has very little to do with security and safety of the general public.
In this case, had existing security measures worked it would never have happened. This guy was on the "no fly" lists, and the whole point of ESTA was to prevent people like this being boarded. Millions of people are submitting their details to the US under ESTA.. if it doesn't work, why do it?
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While I'm not at all a fan of the TSA, in all fairness, the TSA and DHS had nothing to do with this guy getting on the plane. Even if they had info about whether or not he should be allowed to board the flights, it was Nigerian and Dutch security the dropped the ball.
I don't know anything about Nigerian airport security. But I have flown through Amsterdam. For those not familiar the airport is kind of divided into two sections. One part is for flights to other EU countries. It's the typical one checkpoint for all gates deal. (Actually there are a couple checkpoints depending on where you enter from, but read on to see what's different)
In the rest of the airport which handles non-EU flights each gate has it's own checkpoint. Just before entering the metal detector there are two passport checkers, each with a computer and they question passengers as the enter. I would think this should be where watch list comparing take place???? Regardless, he slipped by.