Vulnerabilities Exposed through Covert Testing of TSA's Passenger Screening Process

GAO

Source: U.S. Government Accountability Office

GAO investigators succeeded in passing through TSA security screening checkpoints undetected with components for several improvised explosive devices (IED) and an improvised incendiary device (IID) concealed in their carry-on luggage and on their persons. The components for these devices and the items used to conceal the components were commercially available. Specific details regarding the device components and the methods of concealment GAO used during its covert testing are classified by TSA; as such, they are not discussed in this testimony.


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