In the wake of major terror plots and threats over the past few weeks, a man crossing the wrong way through an exit at Newark International Airport yesterday caused the evacuation of over 10,000 people. While his ability to follow directions can certainly be called into question, there is a deeper issue here. How was someone able to enter through an outside “non-sterile” area of the airport without any security monitoring him? Granted, there were cameras that caught the entire incident, but where were the actual TSA attendants? Add this to the recently leaked TSA manual, which specifically cites a lack of security at terminal exits, and it is amazing that breaches of security do not happen more often.
How is it possible, then, to move from this series of reactionary attempts at preventing wrong-doing to something more proactive? What steps will be necessary to increase security, while decreasing a state of panic and fear?
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The TSA has to be better trained and motivated from the bottom up. The current crop of underpaid people with little education and motivation will never be able to do the job effectively. The TSA needs to see itself as a quasi-military force, trained and managed as such. Until that happens they will always be the weakest link and the American public will always be at risk.
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