Security Theater being useless continues apace

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An undercover TSA agent was able to get through security at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport with a handgun during testing of the enhanced-imaging body scanners, according to a high-ranking, inside source at the Transportation Security Administration.

Well, it had to be a one-time fluke, right?

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The source said the undercover agent carried a pistol in her undergarments when she put the body scanners to the test. The officer successfully made it through the airport's body scanners every time she tried, the source said.

Oh.

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The TSA insider who blew the whistle on the test also said that none of the TSA agents who failed to spot the gun on the scanned image were disciplined. The source said the agents continue to work the body scanners today.

Wansley said that is a problem.

"This was only a test, but it's critically important that you do something, because if that person failed in the real environment, then you have a problem," he said.

Not to say that a bunch of lazy people could miss something here, but I think it's more likely the TSA would rally around their multimillion dollar toy and blame some low-level employees before admitting that they've wasted a metric ton of tax dollars.

I loled.