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2015-06-01 Government

TSA misses 95% of Red Team smuggling bombs and weapons through airport checkpoints

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Posted by DarthVader 2015-06-01 15:59|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Maybe that contributes to the fact that the TSA has yet to catch a terrorist.

Posted by DarthVader 2015-06-01 16:01|| 2015-06-01 16:01|| Front Page Top

#2 One of the reasons I fly as little as possible.

Posted by JohnQC 2015-06-01 18:01|| 2015-06-01 18:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Ditto JohnQC. It takes me a bit longer to get there, but there's no ridiculous airport parking fees, checking bags, long lines, firearms prohibitions, or worn out seats. My F-150 puts me 95% in control.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-06-01 18:59|| 2015-06-01 18:59|| Front Page Top

#4 The fake bomb got through but give them credit for the many bottles of water and nail clippers confiscated daily.

Posted by Airandee 2015-06-01 19:50|| 2015-06-01 19:50|| Front Page Top

#5 Don't forget the daily insults to dignity, strip searches of elderly nuns in wheelchairs, and confiscations of Medals of Honor!

Posted by gorb 2015-06-01 20:11|| 2015-06-01 20:11|| Front Page Top

#6 It was never meant to work. It was meant to give the appearance of security. It is, after all, about "feelings".

Posted by Deacon Blues 2015-06-01 20:15|| 2015-06-01 20:15|| Front Page Top

#7 And about "fairness".

Posted by Deacon Blues 2015-06-01 20:16|| 2015-06-01 20:16|| Front Page Top

#8 F-150! Drink UP!

Posted by Frank G 2015-06-01 20:42|| 2015-06-01 20:42|| Front Page Top

#9 Kind of hard to drive to Hawaii.

The TSA has always been designed to simply give the appearance of security. Have they ever prevented an attack?

Posted by CrazyFool 2015-06-01 21:26|| 2015-06-01 21:26|| Front Page Top

#10 No - what it is about is getting you accustomed to submitting to Big Government domination of your physical person - in a very direct, unambiguous, and invasive manner.

TSA employees are some of the sorriest examples of humanity out there. Perhaps it is a training ground for future prison guards.

It obviously has nothing to do with actually protecting against meaningful threats.

Posted by Lone Ranger 2015-06-01 22:02|| 2015-06-01 22:02|| Front Page Top

#11 So the 19th group was disguised as Republicans?

Posted by Rob Crawford 2015-06-01 22:37|| 2015-06-01 22:37|| Front Page Top

#12 Right after 9/11 a TSA idiot confiscated my dog tags and P-38. I carried that P-38 through a lot of hard times, crap, and privation and it astounded me that he thought a P-38 qualified as a weapon.

TSA runs periodic random checks on employees and contractors at LAX. They have nabbed me about four times. Same story, they swipe my badge to see if it is real, pat me down and swab my clothes for explosive residue. I asked them why me and all I got was a shrug

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2015-06-01 23:59|| 2015-06-01 23:59|| Front Page Top

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