Epic Slovak Airport Security Exercise Fail

"Slovak Airport Security" is the new euphemism for Bush Administration-style incompetence.

Security experts said the episode illustrated the inadequacy of security screening of checked-in luggage—the very point the Slovak authorities had sought to test when they placed real bomb components in nine passengers’ bags Saturday.

‘’The aim of the training was to keep sniffer dogs in shape and on alert in a real environment,’’ the ministry said.

Eight items were detected. But one bag had two bomb components in it. The sniffer dog found one but the police officer in charge failed to remove the second, which was not detected by the dog, because he was busy, the ministry said.

That allowed 90 grams (3 ounces) of RDX plastic explosive to travel undetected through security at Poprad-Tatry Airport in central Slovakia onto a Danube Wings aircraft. The Slovak carrier launched services to Dublin last month.

"Yeah, we're real sorry about that, Ireland."  But hey, in the bad old days, the eight people they did "catch" would have been guilty of trying to explode a plane.  Still, nice work on planting RDX on a guy and watching him get the explosive to Dublin.  Oops.

EPIC FAIL.