The suspected bombing of a Russian airliner over Egypt is raising concerns about security loopholes in the U.S., where the vast majority of the almost 1 million employees at airports aren't subject to searches like those that travelers receive.
Intelligence reports that an airport worker may have been responsible for planting an explosive device on a Metrojet Airbus A321, which broke apart and crashed on Oct. 31, are a sobering reminder that terrorist groups might try to do the same thing here, said Rep. John Katko, a New York Republican who is chairman of the House's transportation security subcommittee.
"I do think that the Metrojet incident has really pointed up the seriousness of looking at the insider threat at airports, both domestically and internationally," Katko said. "It's become a much more urgent matter since the Metrojet bombing."