This news report from the ABC affiliate in Phoenix is chilling. What happens after hours at the Phoenix Airport? The TSA officials leave, security guards staff the checkpoints, the metal detectors and X-rays are shut down and anyone entering the "secure" area only has to show ID. No bags are checked. The local ABC News crew taped all of this with hidden cameras.
Sidenote: How was a local TV station able to place a hidden camera at a checkpoint at a major airport without being detected? Isn't that telling about security in and of itself?
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon says he's okay with the lax security because TSA "has been informed." He also engages in a Bush-era tactic: tarnish the credibility of the accusers -- in this case ABC's private security experts. He also says - without backing it up, that this happens in other Airports.
Watch and read the news stories here -- and you'll feel you're getting your money's worth from the TSA.
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