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Jul 5, 2012, 1:33 pm

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Originally Posted by jkhuggins

With all respect, I don't think that's a fair comparison.

1. According to the article, these two aren't employed by TSA anymore. Crabtree continued to be employed by TSA. It seems clear that these two are being disciplined, while Crabtree's discipline is far less clear.

2. Nowhere was there any implication that Crabtree's incident involved anything more than his own negligence. These two are clearly involved in something larger.

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I don't think it's all that clear that this is the reason they're not working for TSA anymore.

The bottom line is this: if any of these individuals had been a "regular" citizen and not working for TSA, they would be facing criminal chargers right now.

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