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Article: Atlanta Airport Fires Security Supervisor Who Missed Gun in Woman's Luggage.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- August 28, 2002
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By Mary Lou Pickel, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Aug. 28--A security screener at Hartsfield International Airport noticed something strange when a traveler with a handgun in her bag put it through an X-ray machine, but a supervisor missed the weapon and allowed the traveler to pass, federal officials said.
The supervisor, who worked for International Total Services Inc., a private screening contractor, was fired following the incident Sunday. James Loy, head of the Transportation Security Administration, revealed the chain of events in a television interview Tuesday.
Loy said the screener summoned a ...