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Old Apr 13, 2011 | 2:16 pm
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nachtnebel
 
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Originally Posted by fishferbrains
Let's turn this around for a moment:

Has there EVER been a documented case where the TSA has detected explosives in passenger luggage? You would think the TSA would make a big deal about this.

Have they?
No, but they MISSED a 500 count brick of large magnum rifle primers going into the cargo hold. This was discovered only because the bag containing the primers was dropped during a change of flight. (If you aren't familiar with rifle primers, 500 of them would make quite a nice BANG.)

The fellow who arrived at his meeting shoeless did have a great story to tell, though. That is priceless PR for our side....
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