http://www.hlswatch.com/2010/01/07/borowitz-full-body-scans-to-double-as-annual-checkups/ News and analysis of critical issues in homeland security today. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:48:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.hlswatch.com/2010/01/07/borowitz-full-body-scans-to-double-as-annual-checkups/comment-page-1/#comment-137764 William R. Cumming Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:39:21 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/?p=7919#comment-137764 On a more serious note, I understand that lacking real technical competence, TSA has long fought using sniffers and puffers for detection of explosive devices. As I understand it the puffers allow even material in the seams of clothes to be searched for trace elements and wonder if any reading this can add to my knowledge or why puffers in particular are not being utilized? At least one person told me that corruption may be behind the choice of screening equipment and failure to use sniffers and puffers. Hey I really don't know and apparently will be boarding my first commercial flight in long time in early February but certainly curious as to what is what with respect to failure to use existing technology. Also, several persons have commented that puffers should have been used at several stages with respect to the informant who blew up the CIA station in Afghanistand. Apparently some very very talented CIA and Canadian personnel were specifically targeted and the blogs are filled with a lot of speculation on exactly why that group was chosen. In other words not just bad tradecraft but with all the resources available why were puffers not used to detect the explosives? Do we (US) still think we can outthink and outfight and outINTEL the opposition? On a more serious note, I understand that lacking real technical competence, TSA has long fought using sniffers and puffers for detection of explosive devices. As I understand it the puffers allow even material in the seams of clothes to be searched for trace elements and wonder if any reading this can add to my knowledge or why puffers in particular are not being utilized? At least one person told me that corruption may be behind the choice of screening equipment and failure to use sniffers and puffers. Hey I really don’t know and apparently will be boarding my first commercial flight in long time in early February but certainly curious as to what is what with respect to failure to use existing technology. Also, several persons have commented that puffers should have been used at several stages with respect to the informant who blew up the CIA station in Afghanistand. Apparently some very very talented CIA and Canadian personnel were specifically targeted and the blogs are filled with a lot of speculation on exactly why that group was chosen. In other words not just bad tradecraft but with all the resources available why were puffers not used to detect the explosives? Do we (US) still think we can outthink and outfight and outINTEL the opposition?

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