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In reply to the discussion: TSA picked up record 65 guns in carry-on bags last week [View all]AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)15. Another UPI story indicates that the Red Team that carries on guns, etc., to test TSA employees
may be Blackwater-type employees working for a contractor to create fictional threats.
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"A-T Solutions is an anti- and counter-terrorism professional solutions firm and was awarded a $90 million contract for "Red Team" analysis by the U.S. Department of Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Operations and Nuclear Support Assessments Division."
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2012/05/30/Red-Team-terror-analysis-for-DTRA/UPI-37611338402697/
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2012/05/30/Red-Team-terror-analysis-for-DTRA/UPI-37611338402697/
"We look forward to providing Red Team analysis of adversarial perspectives from across the global terrorism realm so that they may better identify, understand and prevent any vulnerability."
http://www.washingtonexec.com/2012/06/a-t-solutions-awarded-90-million-contract-to-support-dtra-vulnerability-assessments/
http://www.washingtonexec.com/2012/06/a-t-solutions-awarded-90-million-contract-to-support-dtra-vulnerability-assessments/
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The TSA Red Team regularly tests the TSA employees who deal directly with the public.
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2013
#12
They'll be sorry they took guns from the responsible "good guys with guns"........
rdharma
May 2013
#3
Or TSA Red Team members doing what they are paid to do by testing the TSA employees who
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2013
#10
This doesn't change the fact that the TSA has molested, stole from customers, shared nude images of
facismrising
May 2013
#7
The TSA Red Team regularly carries on guns, ammo, etc., to test the TSA employees who
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2013
#8
Not sure, but are you implying that this might explain the guns that were found.
facismrising
May 2013
#14
Sometimes the tests are subsequently made known by blogging disgruntled TSA employees.
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2013
#16
Another UPI story indicates that the Red Team that carries on guns, etc., to test TSA employees
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2013
#15
You obviously don't understand the purpose of "Red Team" testing of security ops.....
rdharma
May 2013
#17
It is a false equivalency to equate people who actually are responsible gun owners (including
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2013
#19
Ah finally yr motivation for insisting this was a false flag op becomes clear.
Warren Stupidity
May 2013
#22
Actually, my motive for pointing out the anomaly and the existence of the TSA Red Team
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2013
#24
"the vast majority of democrats do not own a gun" Really? Where did you get that info?
L0oniX
May 2013
#25
Who said anything about "gun-owning DEMOCRATS trying to sneak their guns in their carry on"?
rdharma
May 2013
#27
Someone posted a comment about "responsible gun owners." You did. The phrase
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2013
#29