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Passenger with gun made it through TSA checkpoint in Atlanta and onto Delta flight
Washington Compost ^ | January 13, 2019 | Faiz Siddiqui

Posted on 01/14/2019 8:18:24 AM PST by EdnaMode

The Washington Post Democracy Dies in Darkness Try 1 month for $1 Sign In Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Gridlock Passenger with gun made it through TSA checkpoint in Atlanta and onto Delta flight TSA denied that the lapse was due to staffing shortages related to the government shutdown.

A Transportation Security Administration employee checks in travelers at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Jan. 7. (John Bazemore/AP) By Faiz Siddiqui January 13 at 11:17 PM A passenger made it through a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint with a gun on Jan. 2, boarding a Delta Air Lines flight at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and flying to Tokyo, authorities said Sunday.

TSA confirmed the incident in a statement Sunday night but denied it was related to callouts stemming from the government shutdown, as hundreds of airport screeners are working without regular pay.

“TSA has determined standard procedures were not followed and a passenger did in fact pass through a standard screening TSA checkpoint with a firearm,” the agency said of the incident. “TSA has held those responsible appropriately accountable.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: atlanta; banglist; delta; deltaairlines; tsa
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To: marajade

At tthe same time, Canada is screaming...no more immigrants.


21 posted on 01/14/2019 8:33:10 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: EdnaMode

Right after 911 I made it all the way to Fort Bragg and back with a bag of .357magnum shells in my carry on bag. I forgot to take them out when I traveled to Nevada to look at some property.I was shocked and relieved. I didn’t get hassled but at the same time my confidence in security took a nosedive.


22 posted on 01/14/2019 8:33:42 AM PST by HighSierra5
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To: EdnaMode

TSA clowns ALWAYS required my teenage daughters to be patted down. My wife would have to talk me off the ledge every time. My rage was obvious to every single one of those dink’s.

It’s all kabuki theatre and does not make anyone safer in the slightest. When some freak is feeling up my kid while a Somali that speaks no English is loading the baggage...ugggghhh!


23 posted on 01/14/2019 8:34:24 AM PST by Spruce
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To: Sacajaweau

I thought I saw an article the other day that said Canada wants 1 mil more immigrants by the year 2020. Am I seeing things?


24 posted on 01/14/2019 8:34:45 AM PST by marajade (Skywalker)
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To: EdnaMode

but...I flew last weekend and the crackerjack TSA security professionals successfully prevented me from getting a tube of Chapstick through security!!


25 posted on 01/14/2019 8:35:00 AM PST by wny
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To: EdnaMode

They’d have groped out a gun on little old grandma or a hot little 16 year old.


26 posted on 01/14/2019 8:36:53 AM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: marajade

It was privatized. Remember Argenbright, circa 2002?


27 posted on 01/14/2019 8:38:17 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: HighSierra5

A few years ago I got stopped at check in...they found one lone bullet in a small bag... (my husband’s that I borrowed and did not check before using).


28 posted on 01/14/2019 8:39:16 AM PST by goodnesswins (White Privilege EQUALS Self Control & working 50-80 hrs/wk for 40 years!)
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To: mewzilla

I thought it was federalized with union representation. The Dems insisted because of 9/11.


29 posted on 01/14/2019 8:39:51 AM PST by marajade (Skywalker)
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To: EdnaMode

By Faiz Siddiqui


30 posted on 01/14/2019 8:42:50 AM PST by tired&retired (Blessings)
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To: EdnaMode

If he got thru security, how did they find out that he had a gun at all? Did he pull it out and wave it around on the plane?


31 posted on 01/14/2019 8:47:28 AM PST by mistfree (It's a very uncreative man who can't think of more than one way to spell a word.)
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To: EdnaMode

Follow-up on ?how did they know? I read the rest of the article. So why did the passenger tell anyone that he was carrying a gun? Was this a sting?


32 posted on 01/14/2019 8:49:39 AM PST by mistfree (It's a very uncreative man who can't think of more than one way to spell a word.)
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To: marajade

legal vs illegal


33 posted on 01/14/2019 8:50:10 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: MichaelCorleone

I don’t believe this either.
“...and flying to Tokyo...”

If it’s true, this guy will spend a long time in a Japanese prison reflecting on his crime.


34 posted on 01/14/2019 8:51:00 AM PST by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: EdnaMode

Actually, more TSA agents called in sick last year (during a comparable week studied) than did this year during the shut-down. Funny they are not reporting that.


35 posted on 01/14/2019 8:53:35 AM PST by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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To: goodnesswins
A few years ago I got stopped at check in...they found one lone bullet in a small bag... (my husband’s that I borrowed and did not check before using).

Sorry to hear that, Mrs. Fife.
36 posted on 01/14/2019 8:54:05 AM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Yup, they took my Yoplait bc - you never know if yogurt can bring a plane down. Better safe than sorry. Oh, and the jam my sister had made from her peaches. dang


37 posted on 01/14/2019 8:54:35 AM PST by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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To: dfwgator

Indeed we have security at the air ports and little at the border.


38 posted on 01/14/2019 8:54:59 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: mistfree
“So why did the passenger tell anyone that he was carrying a gun?”

He was going into Japan. If Japanese customs catches you with a gun or drugs for that matter you go to a Japanese jail. He may have weighed the options and decided it was the lesser of 2 evils to be stopped as he got off and sent back to fight the charges in the U.S.

39 posted on 01/14/2019 8:55:57 AM PST by Polynikes ( Hakkaa palle)
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To: EdnaMode

It’s not about “catching terrorists”

It’s about turning us into compliant sheep and telling us who is in charge.


40 posted on 01/14/2019 8:57:50 AM PST by Fido969 (In!)
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