Maybe, just maybe your standard of knowledge and the finite inner workings for the entire process for PRESIDENT needs some adjustments...or better yet how would you have done the job better?
I mean we seem quite capable of constant arm chair quarter backing after the fact...so just how would we do his job better then he has?
And as much as I hate to say this...of the 16 agencies that are supposed to be reporting to the National Security Agency...who knows whats not working until something exactly like this shows the gaps/cracks/potholes in the chain of communication?
COME ON...REALLY, you really want to compare the security system in a tightly confined area with the global area of air ports? Well, Ok, lets see...hmmm
Casino's are privately owned and driven by profits...unbalance that profit margin and the owners going to be UNHAPPY, steal from those owners and they really aren't going to be happy, fix a card game and they'll most likely ban you for life & / or brake some body parts in the process...and {AND} the Casino's are built and constructed with that one primary thought process as the main motivator...watching everyone and anyone who might/could steal from them.
Airports; owned and operated by a multitude of international agencies/private investors/state agencies/and tax dollars and that all important existing issue of privacy that we AMERICANS have become so attached to and {AND} airports were built to expedite humans/luggage/freight...and they haven't had an exemplary track record of doing that very efficiently either! It's just been within the past 6 years that the hidden cameras have shown how much destruction/stealing goes on back there in that behind the scenes luggage handling process...WHO KNEW?
See, I can't really call that a good comparison...I understand your frustration but it just doesn't make for a equal comparison!