channelcincinnati.com – News – Target 5 Investigates How Gun Gets Past Airport Security

A pistol made it through security at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport this weekend, causing the airport to shut down.

The Transportation Security Administration said 500 guns were found at airports in 2004. …

“We’re certain we had an image of a gun on an X-ray,” said Paul Wisniewski, the airport’s federal security director.

But one day later, federal security officials don’t know who had the gun, where the person and gun went or how both got past security screeners. …

“Are we doing anything to track this person down? No. Because we don’t have enough to go on to make it worthwhile,” Wisniewski said. “We don’t have any good idea of who it might be.”

www.GovExec.com – Passenger screening system may not be ready by August (3/28/05)
By Danielle Belopotosky, National Journal’s Technology Daily

Delays in developing key elements of the computerized system for prescreening airline passengers make it unclear if the system will be ready by its slated August deployment date, according to the Government Accountability Office. The watchdog agency also said it is uncertain whether privacy protections for the Secure Flight system will be met.