Calibrating the US airport safety net every morning
TSA officers' most crucial task is to test the equipment that roots out prohibited items that passengers may stash in luggage or tuck into clothing
Washington
ON an early Monday morning when few people were around, Virginia Sams slipped a gun-shaped object into her sock and walked through a metal detector. She took one step back and one step forward, a quick march over a battle line of sorts. The machine reacted angrily, with beeps and blinking red lights.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) supervisor repeated the choreography again, with a few adjustments: she moved the prop up and around her uniformed body more than a half-dozen times, ending the exercise at the top of her head. The machine again loudly protested.
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