All Food and Electronics Larger than Cellphones out for Screening
Jul 21, 2017, 5:23 am
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A TSA employee would be incredibly stupid to eat confiscated food items. Should be entertaining.
u can do this with brownies 
Jul 21, 2017, 7:42 am
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Jul 21, 2017, 8:06 am
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You mean, mail it back to yourself, put in checked luggage etc? Often that's not a real choice, if you are short on time.
Jul 21, 2017, 9:16 am
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Oct 18, 2017, 12:41 am
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It seems this food screening is done more and more these last weeks.
http://khon2.com/2017/10/10/food-ins...olulu-airport/
https://www.disboards.com/threads/ne...lando.3641096/
I imagine the lines are growing in the airports!
http://khon2.com/2017/10/10/food-ins...olulu-airport/
https://www.disboards.com/threads/ne...lando.3641096/
I imagine the lines are growing in the airports!
Oct 18, 2017, 6:00 am
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It seems this food screening is done more and more these last weeks.
http://khon2.com/2017/10/10/food-ins...olulu-airport/
https://www.disboards.com/threads/ne...lando.3641096/
I imagine the lines are growing in the airports!
http://khon2.com/2017/10/10/food-ins...olulu-airport/
https://www.disboards.com/threads/ne...lando.3641096/
I imagine the lines are growing in the airports!
Screening of electronics is apparently just getting started, foodstuffs are in full gear and many airports still seem to be checking books, magazines, etc.
It is beginning to appear that this nonsense is not a security issue (like so many things TSA) but rather an attempt to force people into applying for PreCheck.
Oct 18, 2017, 11:14 am
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The idiocy reported in the Disney blog linked above is beyond belief. It is congressional budget season -- passing appropriations bills for FY 2018 and preparing the FY 2019 president's budget. It's a great time for the TSA to create chaos: more money for clerks & the spiffy new x-ray machines. Also, I agree with Petaluma's assertion that it's a way to strong-arm more people into paying for ExtortionCheck.
Oct 19, 2017, 7:46 am
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Explosives in peanut butter sandwiches courtesy of TSA
After seeing a soft drink can with a false bottom meant to hide valuables, Aguilera began looking around for other hiding places disguised as food. The fake sandwich opens like a wallet, with zippered compartments in each slice of bread designed to hide cash or credit cards. Aguilera puts a piece of sheet explosives and a detonator in one slice and sends it through security.
“In a sandwich bag, it looks like a sandwich going through,” he said.
“In a sandwich bag, it looks like a sandwich going through,” he said.
When Aguilera was asked how often these test explosives get through, TSA spokesman Mike England leaned in and said, “We can’t talk about test results. That’s classified.”
Oct 19, 2017, 8:44 am
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http://www.newsobserver.com/news/loc...177427581.html
You can't talk about the results because TSA failed 95% of the time?
You can't talk about the results because TSA failed 95% of the time?
Aguilera said X-ray screeners can pick up hidden explosives in a carry-on bag, but they also look for items that have been altered.
▪ Take any electronic items larger than a cellphone out of your bags, including tablets.
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Oct 19, 2017, 12:10 pm
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I don't see the issue given this statement in the referenced article:
Also, I thought small electronics like E book readers, tablets, and other smaller type devices could remain in carry on. This statement from the article disagrees with my belief and the TSA.Gov website for screening is so thin on substance that it is less than helpful.
Aguilera said X-ray screeners can pick up hidden explosives in a carry-on bag, but they also look for items that have been altered.
From what I am reading on @TSA, everything larger than a cell phone comes out, food too and often reading materials.
Oct 19, 2017, 12:33 pm
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Not sure I understand what you mean in the sentence I bolded.
From what I am reading on @TSA, everything larger than a cell phone comes out, food too and often reading materials.
From what I am reading on @TSA, everything larger than a cell phone comes out, food too and often reading materials.
The TSA spokesperson quoted in the article states that explosives are visible in the xray. So hiding sheet explosive in a fake (or real) sandwich should not defeat TSA screeners. Nor should any other device be a concern so why the requirement to remove these things? Is the TSA spokesperson not telling the truth or is the very high target miss rate of TSA screeners caused by something else like inattention to their duties?
Things just don't add up for me.
And how much damage could a pane of sheet explosive the size of a sandwich cause? The power of an explosive is generally related to being contained. Example, gun power just poured on the ground and torched makes a quick flash of fire and smoke but no explosion. Put that same amount of gun powder in a tight container (pipe bomb) with a fuse and now you have a small bomb.
Basically I'm saying that TSA is tilting at windmills.
Oct 19, 2017, 5:28 pm
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Recent data points from BUR, BOS, LAX and PDX - all electronics (including kindles, tablets, etc.) must be out of carry-ons, and in separate bins. The line at BUR was ridiculous because each person had 3-5 bins.