Watchdog's Warning On Outdated TSA Screening Equipment

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Event Date(s): 12/06/2019 | Event Location(s): Arlington, Virginia, United States | Description: EJ: STILLS: Scrolling inserts of weapons confiscated at TSA checkpoints. INT IN AN AIRPORT 2 MS: TSA agent frisks a passenger at a security checkpoint. MS: TSA agent operates x-ray to check luggage. MS: TSA agent (faces unseen) points to an x-ray image of luggage’s contents. MS: Luggage moves down a conveyor into an x-ray machine. MS: TSA computer screen with GFX supers showing bottled liquid scanners only met standards approved in 2006, X-ray units met 2010 standards, and explosive trace detection units were up to 2012 standards. MS: In interview Aviation Security Analyst Jeff Price says “The government appropriations process just takes years and we face an enemy that is adaptive, they're patient, and they're very agile.” 2 MS: TSA agents at luggage moving down a conveyor into an x-ray machine. INT MS: In interview Analogic Corporation Sales Director John Stone touches a monitor showing luggage x-ray and says “And with one finger, I simply rotate the image in any access that I want” as the x-ray image changes. GFX: TSA logo. GFX HEADER: “Transportation Security Administration” GFX SUPERS: “TSA concurs with GAO’s recommendations, …assess screening technologies’ detection performance over time.” NBC’s Tom Costello reports live on-camera from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia (does no sign-off).