US Aviation Industry Still Very Vulnerable to Terrorists

More than $12 billion has been spent on beefing up security in the aviation industry, but according to a new government report covered in the NYT, there are still a LOT of holes.

"Despite a huge investment in security, the American aviation system remains vulnerable to attack by Al Qaeda and other jihadist terrorist groups, with noncommercial planes and helicopters offering terrorists particularly tempting targets, a confidential government report concludes," says the NYT.

One sad, simple fact they don't mention: Almost four years after 9/11 and they STILL don't have integrated watch lists that are checked by either the airlines or government officials to make sure that the terrorists we KNOW about don't simply book flights on major airlines under their own names. Yep, the info obtained by the FBI, CIA, NSA and other government agencies is STILL not provided on a master list to someone overseeing who is let into this country or booking flights on airlines. It happened before. No reason to think it won't happen again until we get our act together.