Its worse than we think

Implications: The story speaks of a few planes at O'Hare, but its worse than that. This was not an isolated event.

Analysis: When this story broke earlier this week, the lack of media attention was frankly alarming. How could this not be a front page major headline?

After all, this is a case of criminal action. NOBODY is allowed airside at a US airport who does not have clearance.  While TSA has this, there is a further rule - only FAA licensed people can touch or tamper with planes. Doing so without such a license is a federal offense. That's serious stuff.

So consider this - who is in charge at the airport? FAA or DHS? In case you did not have enough to worry about at the airport - its bad enough TSA has to irritate everyone getting to the plane. Now you have to wonder whether TSA may have damaged the plane!  This is insane.

Indeed, please listen to this podcast with the man who broke the original story. As he puts it, we are almost certainly headed for a disaster as long as TSA remains unfettered. TSA has, in short, become a risk. Isn't that comforting? Warning - you will not like what you hear.

http://iagblog.podomatic.com/entry/2008-08-21T14_11_07-07_00