AIRPORT SECURITY???

Not so much. The recent disclosure of another failure of airport security is a reminder that the GOP has botched airport security and this has been a problem FOR YEARS. Why won't the Democrats use this to smash the meme that the GOP is strong on security?

SOME OF THE DATA -

Security breach empties S.J. airport;
SCREENERS DIDN'T SEE MAN GO PAST CHECKPOINT
BYLINE: By Yomi S. Wronge and Katherine Corcoran; Mercury News
SECTION: A; Pg. 1
LENGTH: 841 words
December 30, 2002 Monday MO1 EDITION

DFW Airport screeners miss alarm for an hour
SECTION: State and Regional
LENGTH: 217 words
DATELINE: GRAPEVINE, Texas
The Associated Press State & Local Wire
February 14, 2003, Friday, BC cycle

Investigators can't explain how man got past scanners
BYLINE: JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS
World Staff Writer
SECTION: NEWS; National; Crime; Pg. A1
LENGTH: 544 words
Tulsa World (Oklahoma)
July 9, 2003 Wednesday Final Home Edition

TSA ignored student's warning about jets
BYLINE: Kevin Johnson and Mimi Hall
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 3A
LENGTH: 995 words
DATELINE: BALTIMORE
USA TODAY
October 21, 2003, Tuesday, FINAL EDITION

Airport-security system in U.S. riddled with failures
BYLINE: Copyright 2004, The Seattle Times Company; Cheryl Phillips, Steve Miletich and Ken Armstrong; Seattle Times staff reporters
SECTION: ROP ZONE; News; Pg. A1
LENGTH: 3159 words
The Seattle Times
July 11, 2004, Sunday Fourth Edition

U.S. airport screeners missed explosives
LENGTH: 189 words
DATELINE: WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (UPI)
United Press International
September 23, 2004 Thursday

Newark Airport Screeners Lose Fake Bomb
BYLINE: WAYNE PARRY; Associated Press Writer
SECTION: DOMESTIC NEWS
LENGTH: 345 words
DATELINE: NEWARK, N.J.
Associated Press Online
December 15, 2004 Wednesday

Gaps in security net; Post-9/11 airport safeguards far from foolproof
BYLINE: By AMY KLEIN, STAFF WRITER, North Jersey Media Group
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. A01LENGTH: 3144 words
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
February 27, 2005 Sunday

Airport screeners often miss plastic lighters
Bob von Sternberg; Staff Writer
SECTION: NEWS; Pg. 2B
LENGTH: 725 words
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
June 21, 2005, Tuesday, Metro Edition

Newly Banned Items Often Fly Past Airport Screeners
BYLINE: Del Quentin Wilber, Washington Post Staff Writer
SECTION: A Section; A01
LENGTH: 1104 words
The Washington Post
September 13, 2006 Wednesday Final Edition