TSA Screw-ups (was La Guardia misses Stun Gun & Knife)

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Woman passes airport security with stun gun, knife
Sunday, January 25, 2004 Posted: 2:03 PM EST (1903 GMT)


DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- A woman passed through security screening at
New York's LaGuardia Airport with a stun gun and knife in her purse --
but later discovered the mistake herself and alerted authorities.

The woman realized she was carrying the items after a short layover in
Detroit and on her way to Denver.

"She immediately went, 'Oh, my God, I'm not supposed to have these
here,' and called the flight attendant over," said Spirit Airlines
spokeswoman Laura Bennett.

The pilot alerted Denver International Airport; police met the plane at
the gate and took the woman into custody for questioning. She was
released without charges.

"She did the right thing by giving up the items voluntarily, and she was
never malicious," Bennett said. "We never considered her a threat."

Transportation Security Administration officials had no comment on the
security slip. TSA official Darrin Kayser said the agency would
investigate.

It's OK for some and not others it seems.

--
Pam

So why did they confiscate a box of (normal safety) matches from me a LHR
this morning (at AA checkin) ?

I thought they had stopped that stupid nonsense (at least in the UK).



I went through Chicago O'Hare a few months ago. My Computer case was
flagged for inspection. A girl took my case, and discovered that she had
lost her detector wand. She handed me the case and said "go ahead". So I
went to my gate, & flew out.

On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 20:35:04 GMT, "Jim Davis Sr"
wrote:

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I went through Chicago O'Hare a few months ago. My Computer case was
flagged for inspection. A girl took my case, and discovered that she had
lost her detector wand. She handed me the case and said "go ahead". So I
went to my gate, & flew out.

That wouldn't have been a problem if the flag was for the random
inspection numbers (e.g. "you shall swipe X% of bags") as opposed to
"Something funny about this bag, check it out" (where it obviously
would have been an issue).

If the secondary swiping was just for the random numbers, they just
make it up with another bag. The key is the randomization: you
couldn't have predicted that you *wouldn't* have been swiped!

Malc.