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Originally Posted by ND Sol
(Post 20929772)
No one has yet proffered one example of a TSO being disciplined for failing to note drugs and I have been asking for years.
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Originally Posted by Boggie Dog
(Post 20917921)
The bigger question is what in this checked bag gave TSA so much concern that they opened the bag in the first place. It had to be a suspected Prohibited item on the WEI list. A small bottle of liquid in a checked bag should not have raised and alarm and neither should a small quantity of weed. Looks like TSA was on a fishing expedition looking for drugs.
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Originally Posted by SWCPHX
(Post 20967609)
You're assuming that it was a "checked bag". It is possible that this is just a poorly worded/written article and that Mr. Epps attempted to bring the bag on as a carry on.
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Originally Posted by SWCPHX
(Post 20967609)
You're assuming that it was a "checked bag". It is possible that this is just a poorly worded/written article and that Mr. Epps attempted to bring the bag on as a carry on.
“At approximately 1 p.m., Airport Police Officers responded for a narcotics investigation in the baggage check area of Terminal 5. ..." "Transportation Security Administration advised Airport Police officers they found marijuana and a bottle of promethazine with codeine (purple drink/syrup) in the checked bag of 35 year old Tauheed Epps (2 Chainz), a resident of Riverdale, Georgia." "Airport Police Officers investigation revealed Epps was on board an outbound flight, he was removed from the aircraft and arrested for California Penal Code Section 11350a H & S – Possession of a controlled substance." You basically have to discard every component of this story to make it into something about a carry-on bag rather than a checked bag. I mean, maybe it wasn't Tauheed Epps but Britney Spears, maybe it wasn't LAX it was BWI and maybe it wasn't marijuana and codeine it was heroin and crack. Whatever makes you feel better about the story. :rolleyes: |
Ok, my error, I didn't read the full linked article.
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Originally Posted by SWCPHX
(Post 20975212)
Ok, my error, I didn't read the full linked article.
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So we've come full circle and the question remains: what was in his bag that looked like a potential threat to the safety of the aircraft? That, IMHO, is the only valid reason for opening the bag in the first place.
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Originally Posted by chollie
(Post 20976185)
So we've come full circle and the question remains: what was in his bag that looked like a potential threat to the safety of the aircraft? That, IMHO, is the only valid reason for opening the bag in the first place.
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Originally Posted by NextTrip
(Post 20977909)
Maybe the bag check machine wasn't working and TSA was required to hand check the bag.
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Originally Posted by chollie
(Post 20976185)
So we've come full circle and the question remains: what was in his bag that looked like a potential threat to the safety of the aircraft? That, IMHO, is the only valid reason for opening the bag in the first place.
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Originally Posted by twtrvl
(Post 21015578)
Sometimes there are scent dogs at airports.
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Originally Posted by Boggie Dog
(Post 21015719)
TSA is only authorized to search for WEI. If TSA is employing scent dogs that detect drugs then TSA is in violation of the limited Administrative Search doctrine.
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Originally Posted by InkUnderNails
(Post 21016909)
Yeah, so? Like they care.
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Originally Posted by InkUnderNails
(Post 21016909)
Yeah, so? Like they care.
And if that authority is still abused (like deliberately scrutininizing large amounts of cash or targeting for drugs), who is going to take what action to exact a penalty or make it stop? Taking escalating disciplinary action against the TSOs in question AND their FSD would be a very effective way to ensure compliance....if anyone at HQ was actually interested in compliance. |
Originally Posted by chollie
(Post 20976185)
So we've come full circle and the question remains: what was in his bag that looked like a potential threat to the safety of the aircraft? That, IMHO, is the only valid reason for opening the bag in the first place.
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