TSA fallout: Major changes coming after report finds lapses

The TSA’s acting administrator, Melvin Carraway, is being reassigned to a different job in the Department of Homeland Security — one of a number of big changes made at the agency in the wake of revelations that prohibited items had been smuggled past security regularly. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson has also ordered new procedures for screenings, more training for front-line screeners and their supervisors, reevaluations of existing equipment and more random testing at airports.

The numbers in these reports never look good out of context, but they are a critical element in the continual evolution of our aviation security.

Jeh Johnson, Homeland Security secretary

According to the investigation that brought these concerns to light, in one test an undercover agent was stopped when he set off an alarm at a checkpoint, but TSA screeners then failed to find a fake explosive device taped to his back when they patted him down. The DHS would not describe the results of the classified report, but Johnson said he takes the findings “very seriously.”

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