Additional Questions For Aviation Security Witnesses By The 9/11 Commission

ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR KEN MEAD 1. Ms. Garvey testified that the CAPPS system in place on September 11, 2001 did not apply to passengers without checked baggage, but you indicate in your prepared remarks that examination of checked baggage for explosives was only one option for subjecting "selectees" to "additional attention." Do you know whether, on September 11, 2001, CAPPS selectees would have faced any scrutiny beyond screening of their checked baggage? If not, why not? 2. How difficult do you believe it would have been for terrorists to penetrate the civil aviation workforce in place on September 11, 2001? Have you seen any indications that the hijackers did so?

SEC. LEHMAN Schiavo Q: You said in your testimony that profiling simply doesn't work. If that's the case why do you believe that £1 Al is so successful in preventing terrorist acts on its aircraft? Q: You recommended "separating citizens and non-citizens at security checkpoints and screen accordingly." First, isn't that profiling which you appear to oppose? Q: You also noted in your testimony that American citizens have committed acts of terror on flights. Given that fact, does a two-tier system really make sense?

MINETA Q: In a DoT aviation security rulemaking of July 17th, 2001, the Federal Register contained the following statement: "...the vulnerabilities of the critical national infrastructures of the United States may prove inviting to foreign and domestic terrorists wishing to inflict damage on the U.S. economy." Ms. Garvey said several times yesterday that DoT/FAA was focused on aviation attacks overseas. If the department believed its own findings, why was all the focus overseas?

SCHIAVO Q: In your testimony you indicated that once a security directive is given to the airports by the FAA they are not classified documents. Do you believe security directives issued by the FAA should be made public information or rather publicized? Q: Your testimony included a "Checkpoint Operations Guide" dated 7/94. Can you describe the source of this document? Were such guides updated? If so, how did the updates deal with the issue of box cutters? Q: Your testimony cited information credited to FBI sources with respect to prepositioned weapons, a targeted fifth plane, and the possession by the terrorists of ramp passes, security badges, and pilot credentials. Was this information from media sources or other accounts? Please explain the source of the accounts. Q: You indicated that "before 9/11 pilot associations and unions begged for better doors and to have the cockpit door keys taken away from flight attendants." Flight crews will tell you that often it's the pilots who would keep the cockpit doors accessible to make it easier to get in and out. What's your view of this? Q: Why hasn't onboard video been installed on airplanes? Q: You recommended, "separating citizens and non-citizens at security checkpoints and screen accordingly." But you also noted in your testimony that American citizens have committed acts of terror on flights. Given that fact, does a two-tier system really make sense?