Switch your brain on.
I can't see what destruction of checked luggage has to do with your
national safety?
Screening luggage doesn't mean to destroy it.
More and more stuff gets now general pardon under "homeland security"
cover.

Looking at the photos I think the bag fell of the trolley and was run
over by something. To bad that those responsible can hide behind obscure
regulations

Jake Janovetz wrote:

That's a horrible story, but I certainly feel better knowing that our
country is safe in case some Saudi decides to pack a surface-to-air
missile into a folding kayak to conceal its true form.

Jake