Possibly the Most Incompetent TSA Story Yet
The storyline:
- TSA screener finds two pipes in passenger’s bags.
- Screener determines that they’re not a threat.
- Screener confiscates them anyway, because of their “material and appearance.”
- Because they’re not actually a threat, screener leaves them at the checkpoint.
- Everyone forgets about them.
- Six hours later, the next shift of TSA screeners notices the pipes and—not being able to explain how they got there and, presumably, because of their “material and appearance”—calls the police bomb squad to remove the pipes.
- TSA does not evacuate the airport, or even close the checkpoint, because—well, we don’t know why.
I don’t even know where to begin.
LC • January 31, 2012 5:22 PM
TSA agents sleep at work and steal from luggage:
http://rt.com/usa/news/tsa-luggage-newark-lot-209/