Checkpoints and Borders Policy Debate - Junket Alert! TSA sending "small contingent" of "on-site liaisons" to London Olympics

From the you-can't-be-serious department:

Government Executive:
TSA sends small contingent to London for the Olympics
July 18, 2012
(http://www.govexec.com/defense/2012/07/tsa-sends-small-contingent-london-olympics/56863/)
A short quote:

State Department spokeswoman Laura Seal told Government Executive there will only be a “small” number of TSA agents in London to act as “on-site liaisons” for the agency’s headquarters.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/checkpoints-borders-policy-debate/1367158-tsa-presence-lhr-during-olympics.html

"The United States will be sending Transportation Security Administration personnel to bolster safety measures in London for the upcoming Olympic Games, according to State Department officials."

"Patrick Ventrell, a spokesman for the State Department, said sending U.S. security personnel to the Olympics is standard procedure."

These sentences just don't parse. :confused:

"The United States will be sending Transportation Security Administration personnel to bolster safety measures in London for the upcoming Olympic Games, according to State Department officials."

If they're trying to bolster safety, they sent the wrong team.

"Patrick Ventrell, a spokesman for the State Department, said sending U.S. security personnel to the Olympics is standard procedure."

...but they haven't sent any security personnel. Just a bunch of TSA scope-n-gropers.

"The United States will be sending Transportation Security Administration personnel to bolster safety measures in London for the upcoming Olympic Games, according to State Department officials."

I think we should send thousands of TSOs to the UK under one condition - the UK has to keep them. We don't want them back here. ;)

I think we should send thousands of TSOs to the UK under one condition - the UK has to keep them. We don't want them back here. ;)

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I think we should send thousands of TSOs to the UK under one condition - the UK has to keep them. We don't want them back here. ;)

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yep. The Brits can use 'em for sandbags the next time the Thames floods over. Should be great bolsters.

I'll say "hi" to them from everyone here :)

I'd love to be a fly on the wall when one of these TSA 'liaisons' tries to give advice to a UK screener :D .

I'd love to be a fly on the wall when one of these TSA 'liaisons' tries to give advice to a UK screener :D .

It's unfortunate that the British screeners aren't shining examples of how it should be either.

I hope they (at LHR) confiscate their contact lens solution.