Don't be foolish. She what looked to be realistic looking (from the story) devices.
Did she not think her luggage would be scanned or opened?
So you think it be ok for someone to walk into a mall with realistic looking, but fake hand grenades; or a similar looking fake bomb vest?
Same thing.
Think for your self here; don't just react. Just because TSA does some things in a foolish way; doesn’t mean they should quit doing their job.
They actually did their job in this case.
I'll let you take the flights where people want to pack fake bombs in their luggage.
They should set up a separate security screening area for people that are transporting fake bombs in their carry on luggage.
"Maam, I'm sorry! This line is only for people with fake explosives in their carry on luggage or on their person. You'll have to go through the 'non-explosive-containing-carry-on' screening line."
Thank you! If only you could actually do that! I used to fly without all of that pseudo security and I've lived to a ripe old age. Now you flinching young ones are afraid to fly with cardboard cutouts of guns!
The TSA should be capable of spotting stuff like that and then discriminating between something dangerous and something benign. But, no, they have to make everyone's life miserable just because they aren't savvy enough to tell the difference between a real threat and someone's demo units! It is reasonable and proper to assume that the TSA is also not capable of discriminating between something inert and an actual threat. I'm sure danger can be made to fit in a very inconspicuous package that doesn't match any of the the "monkey training". So, you have traded your Liberty for a FALSE sense of security ... AND you are damn proud of that.
I'm unimpressed by the current crop of Americans. They aren't worth the blood of our soldiers. They die for the Constitution; and, you willingly surrender it to PRETENSE of security.
I think she assumed that TSA screeners would be smarter than they actually turn out to be. Recall that those casings had something to do with her job. Perhaps she works for a company that contracts with DOD.
We are tagging loyal Americans just because we don't trust our own people any longer. This Nation cannot stand as a Republic if we don't trust the very people upon whose shoulders the government rests.
TSA screening is stupidly done.