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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But yet we have heard that TSA personnel are quitting their jobs and calling off because of the shutdown.
I think they ought to privatize it.
I’m surprised that they didn’t take the opportunity to blame it on the shutdown...
Was his name 'Muhammad' by any chance?..................
I’ll bet the Nihongi were real happy about that one.
Cc
They’re trying to but they can’t - although the funding bills were being held up by then government employees were still getting their paychecks until last week.
Note also that the absences that day - 5% - were the normal absence levels.
So they soene paragraphs talking about the shutdown but in reality it has nothing to do with it and the TSA majorly screwed up.
They never miss my 6 ounce can of shaving cream, though.
Ain’t buying it.
I will bet money that was staged to ‘scare’ the public into pressuring the President to give in to the Dems.
I have stated in the recent past - watch out for a false flag to blame on President Trump.
LE agencies test for prohibited items through TSA screening. The pass rate is not great. I’m sure the inspector General of the TSA has all the facts.
And Canada is buying the molesters pizza!
Democrats are willing to risk the lives of American citizens AND start their base and furloughed workers so they can keep the borders open to cheap labor and new ‘voters’..
Shame on them.
Would not put it past the TSA....to stage the gun thing.
Trump should pull a Reagan...and fire all the TSA employee's....and make it private.
I know Canada air controllers are buying pizza for air controllers in the USA.
How many guns come through the border?
Gosh, if anyone ever finds a perfect system that always works that would be great.
Democrats are willing to risk the lives of American citizens AND starve their base and furloughed workers so they can keep the borders open to cheap labor and new ‘voters’..
Shame on them.
Privatize it all...
I fly somewhat frequently and haven’t pulled out my bag of toiletries for several years.
I have a nylon strap belt with a nylon buckle. I got it mostly to wear when flying so there’s one less thing to take off.
The PGR88 corollary: Bureaucracies, like mobs, are only as smart as their lowest IQ member
TSA is largely a workforce of “drones” who needed jobs. Sharp as bowling balls.
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