Originally Posted by
4444
janet lee should have been arrested and it was a crime she was awarded any money. she knew better. same as you wouldnt try to bring a fake gun through or yell bomb! in an airport.
To an extent I can see what you're talking about, but I still have to disagree with you for several reasons.
1. There were no illegal drugs involved, hence no crime.
2. TSA is well beyond its bounds and authority to check for this type of stuff. When is the last time white flour-- or illegal drugs, for that matter-- brought down an aircraft? This wasn't part of the The Great Sharp Pointy Object Search (R) or The Mysterious Drinkable Liquid Confiscation (R). The only way TSA will ever have a hope of performing acceptably and accomplishing its mission is if it focuses on the areas it actually has authority to focus on. If their TSOs stopped acting like Barney Fife and their BDOs stopped trying to outdo Madam Cleo then maybe they would come across as a competent organization.
3. Neither flour nor condoms are contraband. They had no authority to confiscate these items.
4. Neither of the items set off alarms that their supposedly sensitive chemical detection equipment was supposed to find. Hence, there was not even a need to stop and question her further on this in the first place.