Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint screeners are
receiving training to prepare them for the possibility of a mass shooting at one
of the agency’s airport checkpoints, and those TSA
personnel are being instructed to
“save themselves” should a
shooting occur.
It is unclear whether the TSA is conducting the reported mass
shooting scenario training at airports around the nation or only at the airport
where our source, a veteran of the TSA, is assigned. The TSA source claims with
obvious concern that his own life,
along with the lives of other unarmed TSA personnel, would be in grave
danger were an airport checkpoint shooting to unfold.
The TSA screener, who claims to have recently undergone agency
training during which TSA personnel were confronted with a chilling checkpoint
shooting scenario, now tries to remain aware of how to get out alive were such a
shooting to unfold.
“Every day when I arrive
for work, I look for an escape route in case someone opens fire”, said the TSA worker. “We have been told to save ourselves”.
Does the TSA already have intelligence about a possible future
checkpoint shooting?
It is unclear whether the alleged training is simply a prudent attempt by the agency to protect its own employees from every imaginable contingency. Fears are that the Department of Homeland Security has detected a threat and is already moving to prepare staff to either handle it or get out of the way. The Washington Times
A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report shows the
severity of TSA’s faults on the American public. More
travelers are choosing to drive or take a train to their destination, in part
to avoid the security mess that the TSA is in charge of.
RT The agency has suffered continuous criticism, with passengers
accusing employees of stealing their belongings, groping them inappropriately
during security screenings, and detaining them without valid reason. RT Some of the abuses of the TSA chronicled include manhandling
children, the elderly, severely ill and disabled passengers; testing drinks that
travelers purchased inside airports and ordering travelers to freeze on command.
examiner.com Angry passengers undergoing screenings at Ronald Reagan National
Airport in Washington DC are never given forms they can turn in documenting
their complaints. They are simply provided with small pieces of paper containing
the TSA website and mailing address. The Washington Times
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