This week in TSA history starting January 1, 2015
Jun 30, 2015, 4:38 pm
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Jul 6, 2015, 9:05 am
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TSA Week In Review: Thursday, July 2, 2015
No camp fires and no hedge trimming allowed
http://blog.tsa.gov/2015/07/tsa-week...-firearms.html
- 37 Firearms Discovered This Week
- Inert Ordnance and Grenades etc.
- Seven inert/replica grenades were discovered this week in both carry-on and checked baggage at Albuquerque (ABQ), Fort Lauderdale (FLL), Houston (IAH), Little Rock (LIT), Kansas City (MCI), Chicago O’Hare (ORD), and Salt lake City (SLC). The inert grenade at MCI resulted in a 23 minute evacuation of the checked baggage area as well as Terminal B.
- Artfully Concealed Prohibited Items
- A belt buckle knife was discovered at Rapid City (RAP)
- A knife was discovered inside of a book and under the lining of a carry-on bag at Minot (MOT)
- Miscellaneous Prohibited Items
- Knives and hedge trimmers were discovered at DAL, HNL, BOI, BWI, LGA, BDL and SNA
- Fireworks were discovered at: HNL, BWI, CLE, and MQT
- Camping fuel was discovered in a checked bag at (PDX)
- 24 stun guns were discovered this week in carry-on bags
http://blog.tsa.gov/2015/07/tsa-week...-firearms.html
Jul 12, 2015, 11:01 am
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Jul 13, 2015, 8:28 am
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TSA Week in Review: Friday, July 10, 2015
- 63 Firearms Discovered
- Inert Ordnance and Grenades etc
- An inert cannonball was discovered in a checked bag at Lexington (LEX).
- Six inert/replica grenades were discovered this week. Five were discovered in carry-on bags at Atlanta (ATL), Baltimore (BWI), Jacksonville (JAX), Los Angeles (LAX) and Santa Fe (SAF). An inert/replica grenade was also discovered in a checked bag at Santa Fe (SAF).
- Artfully Concealed Prohibited Items
- A Belt Buckle Knife was discovered at Norfolk(ORF) and a Comb Knife was discovered at Kansas City (MCI)
- Miscellaneous Prohibited Items
- Various knives, throwing stars a gun knife and a hatchet were discovered at PHX, LGA, CHS, SAN, SAT, AUS, ANC, DAL, MDW, GRR and CLE
- Fireworks were discovered at BOI, DAL, ICT, OGG, RNO, SAN and MDW
- Lopping shears, a sling shot, a carving knife, a hatchet, a limb saw and a machete were discovered at Columbia, SC (CAE)
- 29 stun guns were discovered in carry-on bags this week
http://blog.tsa.gov/2015/07/tsa-week...ms-cannon.html*
*From the TSA website: Due to the Fourth of July holiday, this report reflects the last eight days (7/2 - 7/9)
Jul 13, 2015, 10:31 pm
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Jul 20, 2015, 9:36 am
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TSA Week In Review: Friday, July 17, 2015
Nothing to see here-just the same "stuff"/different week. Please move along
http://blog.tsa.gov/2015/07/tsa-week...s-27-stun.html
- 48 Firearms Discovered This Week
- Inert Ordnance and Grenades etc
- Three inert/replica grenades were discovered this week. Two were discovered in carry-on bags at Atlanta (ATL) and Salt Lake City (SLC), and one was discovered in a checked bag at Charleston (CHS).
- Artfully Concealed Prohibited Items
- An artfully concealed cane knife was discovered at Bradley (BDL)
- Knives, batarangs and throwing stars were discovered at BDL, DEN, IWA, RIC, MCI, BUF, SLC, LAX, IAH, SMF and SFO.
- 27 stun guns were discovered this week in carry-on bags
http://blog.tsa.gov/2015/07/tsa-week...s-27-stun.html
Jul 20, 2015, 10:17 am
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Nothing to see here-just the same "stuff"/different week. Please move along
http://blog.tsa.gov/2015/07/tsa-week...s-27-stun.html
- 48 Firearms Discovered This Week
- Inert Ordnance and Grenades etc
- Three inert/replica grenades were discovered this week. Two were discovered in carry-on bags at Atlanta (ATL) and Salt Lake City (SLC), and one was discovered in a checked bag at Charleston (CHS).
- Artfully Concealed Prohibited Items
- An artfully concealed cane knife was discovered at Bradley (BDL)
- Knives, batarangs and throwing stars were discovered at BDL, DEN, IWA, RIC, MCI, BUF, SLC, LAX, IAH, SMF and SFO.
- 27 stun guns were discovered this week in carry-on bags
http://blog.tsa.gov/2015/07/tsa-week...s-27-stun.html
http://www.hottopic.com/hottopic/Bla...e-10106958.jsp
Of course TSA posted the picture so it looks scary but anyone, excepting TSA employees, could look at the item and know it is neither a grenade or a realistic replica of a grenade.
How many 1 ounce bottles would fit in a Kippy bag?
Another example of the dishonesty that predominates TSA's public communications.
Jul 20, 2015, 11:30 am
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Most people give this garbage a once-over and think they're fine. They're not carrying nun-chuks or chain saws, they're not bad guys.
So they show up with a little bottle of perfume or an armed sock monkey or an unopened can of Red Bull or a tiny bottle of nitro pills or a cupcake or (gasp!) a 'dual-purpose assistive device' (aka 'a cane that looks like a light saber') that violates the unpublished SSI standards.
Others look and wonder why, if you're being paid a generous government salary, you can't fabricate something a little more believable, something that doesn't make you look patently ridiculous when smuggling rings flourish and you fail your own agency's red team tests worse every year.
So they show up with a little bottle of perfume or an armed sock monkey or an unopened can of Red Bull or a tiny bottle of nitro pills or a cupcake or (gasp!) a 'dual-purpose assistive device' (aka 'a cane that looks like a light saber') that violates the unpublished SSI standards.
Others look and wonder why, if you're being paid a generous government salary, you can't fabricate something a little more believable, something that doesn't make you look patently ridiculous when smuggling rings flourish and you fail your own agency's red team tests worse every year.
Jul 20, 2015, 11:35 am
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Like one of the TSA clerks asking me: "Do you have somewhere to be?" How am I supposed to answer that? Of course, I have a plane to catch. That's why I am at the airport. I think I just answered with a "yes" and then was asked: "do you want to fly today". The infraction? A tube of toothpaste.
Jul 20, 2015, 12:02 pm
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Like one of the TSA clerks asking me: "Do you have somewhere to be?" How am I supposed to answer that? Of course, I have a plane to catch. That's why I am at the airport. I think I just answered with a "yes" and then was asked: "do you want to fly today". The infraction? A tube of toothpaste.
Show a picture of an 'artfully concealed' 4-ounce bottle of contact solution or an unopened can of soda or a chapstick not contained in the neutralizing Kippie bag or a tiny bottle of nitro pills or a leatherman with the knife blade broken off in a futile attempt to comply with regulations - or bottles of baby food and formula.
Show the sock puppet gun and the handbag with the image of a gun (and maybe a half-eaten pop tart that looks like a gun).
If TSA really wanted to improve the process, they would show the public what they are really watching for and confiscating 99% of the time.
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Jul 20, 2015, 12:33 pm
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Like one of the TSA clerks asking me: "Do you have somewhere to be?" How am I supposed to answer that? Of course, I have a plane to catch. That's why I am at the airport. I think I just answered with a "yes" and then was asked: "do you want to fly today". The infraction? A tube of toothpaste.
Jul 20, 2015, 12:52 pm
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You try that and the first thing they do is verify your departure time; the second thing is either to tell you the person you are talking to is a TSM or to tell you that the TSM is unavailable.
If you want a TSM, you have to try to schedule one ahead of time.
If you want a TSM, you have to try to schedule one ahead of time.