TSA -- on the job for your safety

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well... kind of...


anyone who doesn't think it's "security theater" made to make people feel good about travel, read this story.
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7848683

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Houston businessman Farid Seif says it was a startling discovery. He didn't intend to bring a loaded gun on a flight out of Houston and can't understand how TSA screeners didn't catch it.
Nearing the height of last year's Christmas travel season, TSA screeners at Bush Intercontinental Airport somehow missed a loaded pistol, one that was tucked away inside a carry-on computer bag.
"I mean, this is not a small gun," Seif said. "It's a .40 caliber gun."

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Authorities tell ABC News the incident is not uncommon, but how often it occurs is a closely guarded government secret. Experts say every year since the September 11 attacks, federal agencies have conducted random, covert tests of airport security.
A person briefed on the latest tests tells ABC News the failure rate approaches 70 percent at some major airports. Two weeks ago, TSA's new director said every test gun, bomb part or knife got past screeners at some airports.

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Rob

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http://www.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/21003134179371/#

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How the bags wound up on board the plane on at Boston-Logan International remains a mystery. "How and why it was there: to be determined," noted the investigator.

How can I be so thirsty when I drank so much last night?

[nigel99 143]

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Farid Seif

Ok so with a name like AND getting a loaded gun on board we know that TSA don't do racial profiling

It is not that uncommon as the article says. There is a US businessman that arrived in Heathrow from the US with live ammunition in his pockets. The UK checks caught them and from memory he got a prison sentence.

Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.