Another TSA Bribery Incident?
Apr 25, 2012, 9:43 pm
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"This unfortunate incident in no way reflects on the professionalism and dedication of the 7 TSA employees who risk their lives on the front line in the War on Terror to keep the American people safe...."
"This unfortunate incident in no way reflects on the professionalism and dedication of the 7 TSA employees who risk their lives on the front line in the War on Terror to keep the American people safe...."
But don't forget to add "this message has been approved by, and brought to by, the TSA Spin Firm of Feh, Blech, Ralph, Belch and Hurl"
The TSA, keeping you safe from bottles of water, shoes and tubes of toothpaste one TSO bribed by drug smugglers at a time
Apr 26, 2012, 3:21 am
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While driving to the MARC station, I just heard Nico himself on WTOP. He assured us that security of air travel was never in jeopardy.
Originally Posted by RadioGirl
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"This unfortunate incident in no way reflects on the professionalism and dedication of the 7 TSA employees who risk their lives on the front line in the War on Terror to keep the American people safe...."
"This unfortunate incident in no way reflects on the professionalism and dedication of the 7 TSA employees who risk their lives on the front line in the War on Terror to keep the American people safe...."
Apr 26, 2012, 5:39 am
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When airport security officers are helping criminals bypass screening, security is indeed jeopardized.
I wish someone would ask him the following - "hey Nico, don't you think this was the logical outcome of hiring members of the Crips and Bloods?"
Apr 26, 2012, 5:52 am
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Nico is either stupid or lying. Maybe both.
When airport security officers are helping criminals bypass screening, security is indeed jeopardized.
I wish someone would ask him the following - "hey Nico, don't you think this was the logical outcome of hiring members of the Crips and Bloods?"
When airport security officers are helping criminals bypass screening, security is indeed jeopardized.
I wish someone would ask him the following - "hey Nico, don't you think this was the logical outcome of hiring members of the Crips and Bloods?"
Apr 26, 2012, 6:31 am
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These people committed no crime.
They are accused of taking bribes to let drugs through TSA checkpoints. It has been established again and again that the purpose of a TSA checkpoint is to detect threats to aviation safety, not as a general search of travelers for law enforcement purposes.
Therefore, by letting drugs through the checkpoint the TSA agents were not doing their jobs any differently than they should have; any money they received was a gift; and the government was not deprived of their honest services.
They are accused of taking bribes to let drugs through TSA checkpoints. It has been established again and again that the purpose of a TSA checkpoint is to detect threats to aviation safety, not as a general search of travelers for law enforcement purposes.
Therefore, by letting drugs through the checkpoint the TSA agents were not doing their jobs any differently than they should have; any money they received was a gift; and the government was not deprived of their honest services.
Apr 26, 2012, 7:36 am
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While driving to the MARC station, I just heard Nico himself on WTOP. He assured us that security of air travel was never in jeopardy.
While driving to the MARC station, I just heard Nico himself on WTOP. He assured us that security of air travel was never in jeopardy.
Apr 26, 2012, 8:00 am
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I see a strip search in her future
Apr 26, 2012, 8:28 am
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If the TSA were not running a dragnet for possible criminals at the checkpoint, this would not happen. More proof that one real reason for the intense searches is that dragnet.
Once again we have TSA leadership stating that searching for criminals = safety and security for travelers.
The defendants traded on their positions at one the worlds most crucial airport security checkpoints, used their special access for criminal ends, and compromised the safety and security of their fellow citizens for their own profit, he said in a statement.
Apr 26, 2012, 9:26 am
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Could This Be How Cross-Contamination Happens
Just a thought that crossed my mind. Could all the ETDs be checking for drugs rather than what it's supposed to be finding. And because gloves are not changed in between bag checks could innocent people be forced into the "private room" for further checks when it was really the bags with meth or other drugs? Am I off base here?
Apr 26, 2012, 10:24 am
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I wonder if the drug traffickers filed the appropriate forms with the IRS for their $2,400 expenditure. Moreover, I wonder if these screeners reported that income to the IRS.
If not, they could be in for more than just jail time or parole. Hopefully they get audited for life by IRS agents who've had their 14 year old daughters felt up by TSA and hold a grudge.
If not, they could be in for more than just jail time or parole. Hopefully they get audited for life by IRS agents who've had their 14 year old daughters felt up by TSA and hold a grudge.
May 10, 2014, 10:45 pm
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Ex-TSA Screener Gets 70 Months in Prison for Drug Conspiracy
Westside Today Article
"A former Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer was sentenced on May 5 to nearly six years in federal prison for taking bribes to let kilograms of cocaine to pass through her screening station at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
Joy White, 29, of Compton pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy to aid in the possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute the drug.
She was among seven people including two former and two then-current TSA screeners indicted in April 2012 in the scheme to smuggle drugs through airport X-ray checkpoints and onto airplanes bound for North Carolina and elsewhere."
How 'bout those background checks? A free pass to bypass "security" at airports. Way to go, TSA.
"A former Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer was sentenced on May 5 to nearly six years in federal prison for taking bribes to let kilograms of cocaine to pass through her screening station at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
Joy White, 29, of Compton pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy to aid in the possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute the drug.
She was among seven people including two former and two then-current TSA screeners indicted in April 2012 in the scheme to smuggle drugs through airport X-ray checkpoints and onto airplanes bound for North Carolina and elsewhere."
How 'bout those background checks? A free pass to bypass "security" at airports. Way to go, TSA.
Sep 23, 2014, 11:22 am
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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...ug-arrest.html
Wonder if the currently employed screeners were arrested on the job. That would have some deterrent value.
Wonder if the currently employed screeners were arrested on the job. That would have some deterrent value.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...922-story.html