On the one hand:
Originally Posted by Palm Beach Post Article
In a back room at Palm Beach International Airport recently, a table piled high with knives of all sizes, power drills, torch lighters, nunchakus and brass knuckles — you name it — attested to just two weeks of interceptions by checkpoint officers.
The TSA says agents have intercepted more than 40,000 prohibited items at South Florida's three major airports in the past year, including 14,091 items at Palm Beach International Airport — almost 40 a day.
On
the other hand:
Originally Posted by Self-aggrandizing TSA website
TSA Week at a Glance (February 23 - March 1, 2009)
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* 16 firearms found at checkpoints
* 3 artfully concealed prohibited items found at checkpoints
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40 a day at a single airport, but 3 in a (typical) week for the whole country. Having trouble with numbers again, are we???
(TSA hasn't been screwing with the banking sector, have they? That would explain a lot!
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