Kip Hawley: Bring as Many as Five Knives Onboard
Apr 24, 2012, 6:01 pm
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Kip Hawley: Bring as Many as Five Knives Onboard
Former TSA chief Kip Hawley has experienced an epiphany. He's now a friend of the flying public. Who would have thought it?
"Blades, sharp objects, tools, all those things should be removed from the prohibited items list," Hawley told ABC News. "Carry a big knife, carry five knives. What are you going to do with a knife or five knives? You are not going to take over the plane. ... The focus should be explosives and toxins -- things that can kill a lot of people very fast before security measures can stop someone from making that attack."
http://abcnews.go.com/US/tsa-head-st...6#.T5c6xKtrP3Q
"Blades, sharp objects, tools, all those things should be removed from the prohibited items list," Hawley told ABC News. "Carry a big knife, carry five knives. What are you going to do with a knife or five knives? You are not going to take over the plane. ... The focus should be explosives and toxins -- things that can kill a lot of people very fast before security measures can stop someone from making that attack."
http://abcnews.go.com/US/tsa-head-st...6#.T5c6xKtrP3Q
Apr 24, 2012, 8:48 pm
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Anyway this is already being dicussed:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/check...-head-tsa.html
Apr 24, 2012, 10:26 pm
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Not another Kip Hawley is an idiots yet again!! 
He should know better! He can't allowed to bring the knives into the aircraft. Because it will get very extremely dangerous. No one ever bring the knives past at security checkpoint. No one!
He should know better! He can't allowed to bring the knives into the aircraft. Because it will get very extremely dangerous. No one ever bring the knives past at security checkpoint. No one!
Apr 24, 2012, 10:30 pm
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No, that was Chertoff.
Anyway this is already being dicussed:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/check...-head-tsa.html
Anyway this is already being dicussed:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/check...-head-tsa.html
Apr 25, 2012, 8:24 am
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The liquid bomb[sic] plot was disrupted in August 2006 and the ludicrous 3-1-1 and Kippie bags followed. Chertoff has claimed the policy decision was his and Hawley is now saying he was opposed at the time and since.
Apr 25, 2012, 6:08 pm
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Chertoff was appointed Secretary of DHS in February 2005, Hawley become TSA head in July 2005.
The liquid bomb[sic] plot was disrupted in August 2006 and the ludicrous 3-1-1 and Kippie bags followed. Chertoff has claimed the policy decision was his and Hawley is now saying he was opposed at the time and since.
The liquid bomb[sic] plot was disrupted in August 2006 and the ludicrous 3-1-1 and Kippie bags followed. Chertoff has claimed the policy decision was his and Hawley is now saying he was opposed at the time and since.
Apr 27, 2012, 10:51 am
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I'd love to come up with a derrogatory nickname for them, but since I don't use the durn things, I'll leave that up to those who do.
Luck of the draw, I guess; the only liquids I have ever taken through security, even before the 3.4-1-1 rule, were my 1-ounce nasal spray, and bottled drinks, which I now buy inside the sterile area (because we all know that a $5 sterile Coke tastes way better and keeps us safer in the air than a $1.50 7-11 Coke).
The nasal spray? I always pack it in my carry-on and forget it's there. It's never been questioned; somehow I don't think it's ever even been seen on the x-ray.
Luck of the draw, I guess; the only liquids I have ever taken through security, even before the 3.4-1-1 rule, were my 1-ounce nasal spray, and bottled drinks, which I now buy inside the sterile area (because we all know that a $5 sterile Coke tastes way better and keeps us safer in the air than a $1.50 7-11 Coke).
The nasal spray? I always pack it in my carry-on and forget it's there. It's never been questioned; somehow I don't think it's ever even been seen on the x-ray.
