The former administrator of the Transportation Security Administration said federal officials and airport representatives are looking into implementing minimal screening procedures at airport parking lots as another step to enhance security.
John Pistole, currently president of Anderson University in Indiana, told Fox News host Greta Van Susteren the plan is not foolproof, but would put more space between a building of people and a suicide bomber.
“There is going to be a line some place. There is going to be a queue of people that are going through some type of security,” Pistole said. “LAX and some other airports on random basis will set up a police control for traffic coming in to the terminals. But still, you get a lineup of cars there so there is always going to be some place that will be vulnerable as a soft target.”
Although the Istanbul airport had layers of security, Pistole said the trouble comes in trying to identify any threatening person before he or she acts. Because TSA agents are not armed, it makes responding to serious threats more difficult.
Pistole said the public can expect to see increased numbers of law enforcement and undercover officers especially over the approaching holiday weekend.
