{"id":26,"date":"2001-09-21T18:55:00","date_gmt":"2001-09-21T22:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles-wp\/?p=26"},"modified":"2001-09-21T18:55:00","modified_gmt":"2001-09-21T22:55:00","slug":"low-ball-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/2001\/09\/21\/18\/55\/low-ball-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Low Ball Security"},"content":{"rendered":"

Airlines “have successfully resisted many critical, sometimes costly security improvements
\n…
\nSecurity systems at major airports are so porous that the government’s own agents routinely sneak handguns and mock bombs through checkpoints staffed by lightly trained workers paid marginal wages with no benefits by companies who win contracts from airlines by submitting the lowest bid.”<\/p>\n

Boston Globe Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Airlines “have successfully resisted many critical, sometimes costly security improvements … Security systems at major airports are so porous that the government’s own agents routinely sneak handguns and mock bombs through checkpoints staffed by...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t