Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Investigation reveals Chicago airport security flaws

This just does not seem like it could be true? 

Chicago O'Harethe past two months, Fox flew multiple employees – male, female, black, white, Muslim – to different destinations around the country on different airlines. The only requirement: They were not allowed to bring a photo ID. No passport. No driver's license.
On every occasion, these Fox employees were allowed through security without a hitch as long as they showed that the name on their boarding pass matched the name on a couple of credit cards, according to Fox Chicago News.

By checking credit cards rather than a photo ID, TSA simply was following its own rules, which vaguely state that passengers without an acceptable ID will have to provide "information" to verify their identity, according to Fox Chicago News. The guidelines also state that these passengers "may be subjected to additional screening."
Only twice did a Fox employee have to go through additional screening, according to the Fox investigation

Click on the following for more details:  Investigation reveals Chicago airport security flaws | Daily Chronicle

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