Originally Posted by Francine Kerner, TSA Chief Counsel
TSA officers routinely come across evidence of criminal activity at the airport checkpoint.
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College kids with fake IDs, petty thieves with stolen credit cards, illegal aliens trying to go home, someone wanted on a drug charge somewhere. None of which would make an aircraft fall out of the sky. All this does is give the TSA chances to pat themselves on the back for doing things beyond the scope of their mission.