I guess we should be grateful that they didn't call for a terminal dump.

Strange how the rate of terminal dumps has dropped off. It couldn't be that TSA would compromise the safety of the pax by bowing to pressure from the airlines to avoid costly terminal dumps.

Good to know that if an explosive trace on the items had come back positive, a TSA bomb expert was only two hours away.

The inconsistency boggles the mind. The pipes have (allegedly) been ETD'd and cleared - not safe enough to return to the pax, but safe enough to set aside for ...??? But six hours later, in spite of an allegedly clean ETD test, a bomb expert has to be summoned?

No wonder they missed pounds of undisguised C.4 in Fayetteville.