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Old Mar 1, 2015 | 8:36 am
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Originally Posted by Randyk47
Valid boarding pass, valid driver's license, but a fake uniform. That's tough. Should they have caught that? Hard to say. ACUs are so basic that buying a set at a surplus store and with a minimum of knowledge would make a fake hard to spot. Of course this all begs the question about TSA being "fashion police" even if in this case it was a potentially fake uniform.
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No, and they should not be worried about it if they did the rest of their job correctly.

How is dressing in costume, however convincing, a threat to aviation safety?
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