Originally Posted by
Oshkosh105
The only things TSA are at fault for was the 5 hour detention and the resulting missed flights, based on the fact that he was carrying some flash cards with Arabic translations of words associated with attacks on aviation in the past 10 years.
Why is the TSA even reading the cards? Once identified as "cards," they're eliminated as a threat to aviation. The TSA's "administrative search" ends RIGHT THERE. Reading the text on the cards is not in scope.