http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=99941&catid=339 By Deborah Sherman 9News.com 9/17/2008 DENVER - A new policy lets airport screeners at Denver International Airport bypass security screening checkpoints that passengers have to go through. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) rolled out the new uniforms and new screening policy at airports nationwide on Sept. 11. The new policy says screeners can arrive for work and walk behind security lines without any of their belongings examined or X-rayed. "Lunch or a bomb, you can walk right through with it," said Mike Boyd, an aviation consultant in Evergreen. "This is a major security issue." At DIA, 9NEWS videotaped a dozen TSA screeners walk through a side gate and enter the sterile area of the airport carrying backpacks, purses and lunch boxes. Nothing was screened. Sources tell 9Wants to Know, the reason for the security change may be tied to the new uniforms and badges. The old, white TSA uniforms had yellow cloth badges sewn on them. The new, blue uniforms have metal badges that set off alarms when screeners go through the checkpoints. Sources say the TSA is worried that the screeners will remove the badges while going through security and that they'll get lost or stolen. [...] __________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2008 - Malaysia! With a new triple-track conference featuring 4 keynote speakers and over 35 international experts, this is the largest network security event in Asia and the Middle East! http://conference.hackinthebox.org/hitbsecconf2008kl/Received on Thu Sep 18 2008 - 01:39:56 PDT
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