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The TSA Blog: A Look at the Items our Officers Found in 2012
The TSA Blog ^ | January 9, 2013

Posted on 01/16/2013 6:35:21 AM PST by YourAdHere

After screening 637,582,122 passengers in 2012 (around 1,746,800 a day), here are some of the more dangerous, scary, and downright unusual items our officers found in 2012. This post is a reflection of the outstanding work our officers are doing in the field thanks to their vigilance and attention to detail.

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1 posted on 01/16/2013 6:35:26 AM PST by YourAdHere
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Any count of the number of grannies that were cavity searched in the process of this “amazing” work?


2 posted on 01/16/2013 6:37:49 AM PST by Obadiah (Those who will not hear the messengers of peace, shall be made to hear the messengers of war.)
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, bla, bla, bla.

How many terrorists did you detain?

How many passengers missed flights due to your bumbling?

How many passengers increased their cancer risk due to your overly invasive full body scanners?

Here we have an entire agency serving as an uber poster boy for The Peter Principle.

That the traveling public puts up with this disrespect is a tragedy.


3 posted on 01/16/2013 6:44:24 AM PST by upchuck (America's at an awkward stage. Too late to work within the system, too early to shoot the bastards.)
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Why the excerpt?


4 posted on 01/16/2013 6:45:45 AM PST by Eaker (Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life. — Robert A. Heinlein.)
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Just gotta ask: Are chastity belts illegal for the TSA and subject to confiscation?


5 posted on 01/16/2013 6:45:45 AM PST by Truth29
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I dug the picture at the top of the page of the "Inert Mortar Round".

I suppose that the TSA was afraid someone might drop it on their foot, and leave a very sore bruise.

6 posted on 01/16/2013 6:46:00 AM PST by wbill
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I wonder what the statistics were BEFORE the TSA. They dont seems any more effective than the previous form of security was, just more annoying.


7 posted on 01/16/2013 6:46:04 AM PST by marstegreg
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They also found one ‘real’ blond.


8 posted on 01/16/2013 6:46:31 AM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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I wonder if they’re going to post a list of the items TSA agents stole in 2012.


9 posted on 01/16/2013 6:55:35 AM PST by rightwingintelligentsia (Be careful of believing something just because you want it to be true.)
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To: Eaker

The article is graphics heavy. I am too lazy to re-arrabge those in a post.


10 posted on 01/16/2013 6:55:35 AM PST by YourAdHere (January 21: Lets pray for rain, bitter temperatures, cold winds, and gray skies in Washington.)
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If I can’t drive there, I won’t go there.

Except for an extreme emergency in Canada where one of our daughters lives, I don’t plan to ever board another plane. I’ve been everywhere foreign that I’ve want to go, so I will happily stay right here in the good ole USA.

Being retired does have it’s benefits.


11 posted on 01/16/2013 6:57:04 AM PST by basil (Second Amendment Sisters.org)
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The TSA was created NOT to stop terrorists, but to take advantage of the fear caused by 9/11 to catch more people in non-terror related crimes.


12 posted on 01/16/2013 6:57:04 AM PST by I want the USA back
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To: YourAdHere
I suppose somebody believes this crap.
13 posted on 01/16/2013 6:57:59 AM PST by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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Just wondering what sort of things they’ll be able to add to the list when they start doing random stops and searches on the interstates. Since they don’t have arrest powers at the airport, will they on the roads? I believe they have the authority do “detain” someone at the airport. All sounds like BS to me. Just more from the power hungry radical left wing extremists trying to put their thumb on law abiding citizens who are suddenly criminals.

Carson City. Noon. Saturday 1/19.

Share the lead.


14 posted on 01/16/2013 7:01:12 AM PST by rktman (Live the oath you took or get out of office!)
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There is a category called “prohibited bling”. Also, they confiscated inert replica grenades. One was still attached to a “Take a number please” desk stand.


15 posted on 01/16/2013 7:01:12 AM PST by PJammers (I can't help it... It's my idiom!)
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You all ought to check the border. I bet there’s more scarier stuff there than what you’ll find at the airport. But no...you don’t want to do this. Your delight is in manhandling Americans. Laughing at them because they think they have Constitutional rights.


16 posted on 01/16/2013 7:02:00 AM PST by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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Uh, oh. Prohibited bling...


17 posted on 01/16/2013 7:04:09 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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OMG! Deadly 20 amp Fusetron fuses! Thank goodness they found them before they blew up the airplane!


18 posted on 01/16/2013 7:09:32 AM PST by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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For all the grief we give them here, you have to admit that many of those items have to be from terrorist probes or attempts.


19 posted on 01/16/2013 7:14:25 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (The only thing that Hollywood gets right about guns is that criminals will always get them.)
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Either it was a very stupid attempt by someone to transport it or it was a terrorist probe to see if TSA would catch it.


20 posted on 01/16/2013 7:16:22 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (The only thing that Hollywood gets right about guns is that criminals will always get them.)
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