Originally Posted by
bocastephen
This isn't the first slap of negative publicity that's hit the TSA - there's been a long legacy of flaps dating back to the teacher and her dangerous bookmark, and perhaps even before then.
At least
one commenter over there agrees with you

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Outrageous? Yes. New/s?? Not even close.
[...]
To call this incident "A Security Story to End all Security Stories" is stretching it ... because there have been far worse endings than this one. And because there's no end in sight to Kabuki Security.
Originally Posted by
whirledtraveler
Who stole my country?


but ^