B9- tsa has published a deadline of sorts of what has to change and by what date. I have read through a few times and while I certainly don't know everything that experts in this field can make from the document, there is one thing that I did note and did express;
-tsa wants alignment of etd system specifications across all spaces that it controls. Consider, how many questions would have came about if tsa would have removed Smiths-Morpho etds from the cargo list while still using those exact same etd units for their own use in passenger screening. ( I saw that one a mile away, but que sera sera)
-in tsa's defense for the above actions, they had nowhere to turn at the time because IMSC had not entered the passenger cert. process to a point that tsa could predict an outcome.
- the next passage is my own view and it is controversial- tsa dropped the ball in a big way. If you are the head of intell and you tells me that we could possibly miss about 5-8 different threats at passenger station but we have to continue to use machines on the frontline because of possible market turmoil created in the cargo space, well you have left us very vulnerable and in my opinion that is exactly what tsa has done with no thanks to the multinational etd-eds makers. It was a calculated gamble. Again, these are my own views and there is no way to be certain that they are correct.
- so the next event from tsa will reveal all: do they intend to replace the entire current etd unit base with the latest approved etd unit or just part of the base? Again, in my opinion, and I will be asking my Congressman to look into it should it happen is, they must use current technology that finds the latest known threats or they expose us to grave danger. And they must not wait 1 -2 years for a product that may or may not be as good as IMSC's product. I can't say this loud enough. Intell is our best ally, to ignore intell is like going on vacation for a month when an attack is about to occur on u.s. soil.
Best of Luck to ALL IMSC LONGS!
