Questions about airport security
Friday’s incident raises questions about how secure the airport screening process is more than a decade after Sept. 11, 2001, as airports in the Washington area increased security after the shooting.
A series of reports, including one as recent as July, identified issues with the TSA screening process. Last year, Congress held hearings after a May 2012 Department of Homeland Security inspector general’s report found that while the agency has a system in place for tracking security breaches, it did not have a centralized program that would allow TSA officials to track all breaches.
The IG found that local TSA airport officials did not properly track security problems, and even when security vulnerabilities were identified, corrective actions we taken only 53 percent of the time, the report said.
The shooting at LAX comes at a time when the agency is trying to be more user-friendly by loosening some screening restrictions for senior citizens and children. TSA also recently expanded its Pre-Check program which allows pre-screened passengers who pay a fee to move more quickly through security.
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