TSA 'Not Capable' of Detecting Moscow-Like Attack, Critics Say -- ABC News
Hundreds of Millions Wasted On Program to Spot Airport Terrorists, Says Leading GOP Congressman
A $212-million federal program designed to spot suspected terrorists at American airports is "not capable of detecting what took place in Moscow," according to the chairman of the House Transportation Committee, Rep. John Mica, R-Florida.
The program, called SPOT, was created in 2006 by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and now has more than 3,000 "Behavior Detection" officers at 161 airports. The officers receive four days of classroom instruction on how to spot certain unusual behaviors.
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Update: Terrorists look to unprotected parts of airports -- USA Today
My Comment: Again .... airport security will be reacting to terrorism instead of predicting what they are capable of .... but this attack should not be a surprise to anyone. I have passed through many airport lobbies over the years, and I have always been consciously aware that it would be very easy for a suicide bomber to mingle in these open spaces and detonate a bomb. I am sure that security officials in many of these airports were also aware of this possibility, and were operating on a level of hope that it would not happen on their watch. Unfortunately for those in Moscow's Domodedovo's airport .... their luck ran out.
My prediction .... expect the security bubble to expand to cover airports as a whole. This is going to be expensive, but in view of what has happened in Moscow ..... not many are going to object to this development.