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After being transferred back and forth twice more, and describing what happened, I was told there was nothing that could be done, because they take all the confiscated articles and FedEx them nightly to a location to be destroyed.

That we missed this is ridiculous. Their story is that they use air transport to fly confiscated items out of area? It sounds to me that the supervisor is trying to blow of Mr. Murphy.

Sure the TSA spends money on security, and they spend money (supposedly) flying this stuff "somewhere" to be destroyed. If TSA acts like every other federal agency I know (except the Dept of Education), then they have to document nearly everything that is transposted and ensure that each item is destroyed. This is, after all, not much different than the local constabulary destroying confiscated items after trial. How much money do they spend on the paperwork, and the army of clerks to manage the data? Oh, I forgot, the TSA doesn't require any paperwork from the traveller that the property has been confiscated, or destroyed.

Anyone happen to know where this mythical el destructo place is that TSA uses (or at least John Wayne Airport), and whether they have an auction to try and recover the value of government property?

How is it that the lighter isn't safe to fly in the cargo hold of an American Airlines flight, but is safe to fly in the belly of a FedEx plane? I'll believe that a lighter can bring down a jet when a cell phone brings one down.

-PJ