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Ex-Agent Confirms Worst Suspicions About TSA: “We Laugh At Naked Bodies And Take Snow Globes From Children, Apple Butter From Old Ladies”
TSA Official Inspects Cannon Balls
From the Daily Mail:
A former TSA officer has confirmed many of the worst suspicions about airport security screeners: they stop passengers for having an attitude, they confiscate snow globes from children and nail clippers from pilots, they profile passengers based on their nationality.
And yes, they do see travelers naked in the X-ray photos. I
n a confessional piece for Politico, former TSA agent-turned-writer Jason Harrington spills the secrets on the ways that the security workers pass the time during their long shifts.
‘I confiscated jars of homemade apple butter on the pretense that they could pose threats to national security. I was even required to confiscate nail clippers from airline pilots—the implied logic being that pilots could use the nail clippers to hijack the very planes they were flying,’ he wrote.
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Ap Exclusive, Drone Sightings Up Dramatically
AP exclusive, Drone sightings up dramatically WASHINGTON (AP) - The government is getting near-daily reports - and sometimes two or three a day - of drones flying near airplanes and helicopters or close to airports without permission, federal and industry...
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Regarding The Tsa: "they're Liars. They're Flat Out Liars"
Tampa Bay 10 News: 10 News Investigators find memo warning about terrorist "dry-runs" on airplanes Orlando, Florida -- It was a flight bound for Florida, and some airline pilots believe it also may have been a dry-run for terrorists. The 10 News Investigators...
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No Scan, No Fly
Muslim women who refused to take 'naked' full-body scan are barred from Manchester to Pakistan flight A Muslim woman was barred from boarding a flight to Pakistan after refusing to go through a new 'naked' full-body scanner at Manchester...
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Trained Pilots In India On Terror Mission
from The Times of India h/t Jawa Report Trained pilots in India on terror mission MUMBAI: Security agencies have been placed on high alert following an intelligence report that 7-8 trained pilots and around a dozen women fidayeen have entered the country...
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Guns On A Plane
Everyday, in every way, making our lives dangerouser and dangerouser. Obama secretly ends program that let pilots carry guns From the Washington Times: After the September 11 attacks, commercial airline pilots were allowed to carry guns if they completed...
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