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Old Aug 20, 2014 | 5:21 pm
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janetdoe
 
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Originally Posted by Often1
Rubbish.

And, you can't have even read the quoted language from federal law in this thread. The crime, is "impersonating a federal officer or employee." Take a look at 18 USC Section 912.

And just for kickers, this was not a TSA clerk,but rather a TSO as in "Officer".
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Originally Posted by Often1
Don't think that there aren't people who read FT who aren't stupid enough to follow what they read and run out and impersonate a TSO and wind up in handcuffs because there are a dozen testifying witnesses.
No sympathy from me there... petaluma1 posted the text of the law in the thread. If anyone is that stupid, they deserve to end up in handcuffs. <shrug>
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