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Old Dec 25, 2009, 10:28 pm
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Originally Posted by Global_Hi_Flyer
In fact, this guy did more for the TSA than any of their bleating could - and did it at a time that TSA is losing support. Funny how this - and the Reid event - happened a) at the holidays and b) as TSA came under fire for stuff. One wag up this way posited that this was a conspiracy by defense contractors to keep the war alive & keep the spending high (very doubtful).
I’m hardly a conspiracy theory person but it does seem rather convenient this happened after the TSA made almost preemptive updates to their website dated before this incident took place. Something doesn't feel right about this one. There seems to be much more information quickly made available to the press about details than normally would be expected.
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