I know someone who works in the airport. Every time they pass the rampee's break station, they see literally hundreds of little bottles of shampoo that "fell" out of the bags.
My friend frequently does the Sgt Schulz "I see NNNOTHING!!" routine.
Imagine, a minimum wage government flunkie rifling through your luggage (that alone makes me want to throw away all my underwear and take a shower in bleach), and valuables end up "missing." I guess that's the trade-off one makes when we turn over national security to the same people that deliver the mail.
"In his confession, Watson wrote that he realized the "stupidity of my actions. I apologize to the men and women of the United States military. I only did it too [sic] get some money to help my girlfriend and I with our financial situations, which doesn't make my actions okay but like I said I apologize."
His only financial situation was probobly paying for his crack habit He deserves much more time. And I am sure like most criminals he is only sorry he was caught. The military should have made at least a few of the soldiers available for trial considering the scope of this problem.
When you hire someone named Shaka Nester Watson you have to figure on losing a few things.
For his punishment he should be thrown from a plane at altitude.