Posted on 02/04/2017 5:46:47 AM PST by RoosterRedux
A White House national security official who was cleared Friday of a charge of carrying an unloaded gun at an airport had faced death threats that were investigated by the FBI.
Sebastian Gorka, a former Marine Corps University counterterrorism specialist who recently joined the White House staff, had the misdemeanor gun charge dropped during a brief court proceeding at Arlington County Circuit Court.
The firearm charge stemmed from an incident at Reagan National Airport Jan. 31, 2015, when Gorka was traveling at the request of the Pentagon to the Special Operations Command to give troops a briefing on the Islamic State terror group.
From his Virginia home, he had mistakenly picked up a carry-on bag used recently at a gun range and learned the bag contained an unloaded handgun during airport security screening.
The gun was detected by TSA screeners and confiscated. Gorka, after showing his Defense Department identification, was permitted to board his plane for the flight to Tampa, Fla.
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Trump should order USMS to deputized him and send him through the 2 week firearm course to allow federal agents to carry firearms.
This reminds me of the abuse the TSA carried out on Medal of Honor recipient, WWII US Marine fighter ace General Joe Foss, when they wouldn’t let him board a flight to speak at an NRA meeting in Arlington, because his Medal of Honor had “pointy edges” that he could use to hijack the plane.
http://www.homeofheroes.com/news/archives/2002_0100_foss.html
Lesson number 1, know where your gun is........
I’m just shocked that the TSA actually detected it. /s
There was a ‘security guard’ that stopped a man from boarding a cruise ship because his key to his home was shaped like a firearm.
I believe that’s how Dianne Feinstein got her “nation-wide” concealed-carry permit. Some animals are more equal than others.
I frankly don't understand why every schoolchild doesn't know what the Blue Max looks like.
Gorka is brilliant. Every FReeper should listen to his interviews on the John Batchelor Show.
It’s a relief that he’s advising Trump after all the knuckleheads advising Obama the last 8 years.
I was in vietnam a few years back on a mission trip and without thinking had my gerber on my belt when I entered the airport security check. It was just habit. I lost the tool, but was given a shakedown. My own fault.
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