Watch Your Bags....TSA is Now Planting "Evidence"
Jan 22, 2010, 10:47 pm
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Does that mean he's a BDO?!? Damnit! He'd definitely have caught himself before committing this heinous crime, if only his boss had thought to hang a mirror in the break room.
Jan 22, 2010, 11:21 pm
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Right. He is no longer around and he got already termination from his job from TSA. His behaviors are not appropriate to ask the girls about her belongs items. He cannot be allowed to ask her at all. Never! Its keep her own privacy and do not ever to ask her whenever where she get something for her trip. He is not polite to ask her when he is lookout into her personal items.
Jan 23, 2010, 6:52 pm
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Jan 23, 2010, 7:09 pm
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Jan 23, 2010, 7:29 pm
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Jan 23, 2010, 8:10 pm
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According to Fox News he was fired. For whatever that's worth.
Interesting timeline:
Event transpires Jan 5.
Complaint made Jan 5.
--According to pax, TSAo remains at his station working
Article published in the Daily Jan 10.
--Two days later, Jan 7, pax was informed "disciplinary action had been taken."
--No evidence that this TSAo had left the employ of the TSA as of this date.
--Evidence exists that he remained employed at this point. Phillynews article.
Article published in Philly News Jan 21.
--Initial article indicated that the TSAo has been disciplined.
--Update to that article later indicates that "As of today" (Jan 21) TSAo no longer works there.
First disciplined, then two weeks later fired, when it starts wandering around the wire services and the mainline newpapers? Wonder what would have happened if this hadn't been picked up by the Daily and the Phillynews? Would he still be planting drugs in bags?
Interesting timeline:
Event transpires Jan 5.
Complaint made Jan 5.
--According to pax, TSAo remains at his station working
Article published in the Daily Jan 10.
--Two days later, Jan 7, pax was informed "disciplinary action had been taken."
--No evidence that this TSAo had left the employ of the TSA as of this date.
--Evidence exists that he remained employed at this point. Phillynews article.
Article published in Philly News Jan 21.
--Initial article indicated that the TSAo has been disciplined.
--Update to that article later indicates that "As of today" (Jan 21) TSAo no longer works there.
First disciplined, then two weeks later fired, when it starts wandering around the wire services and the mainline newpapers? Wonder what would have happened if this hadn't been picked up by the Daily and the Phillynews? Would he still be planting drugs in bags?
Last edited by greentips; Jan 23, 2010 at 8:21 pm Reason: corrected newspaper name
Jan 23, 2010, 8:21 pm
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According to Fox News he was fired. For whatever that's worth.
- The article you link to above on the Fox News website is just a reprint of an Associated Press article.
- The word "fired" only appears in the AP headline; the actual article still says the same things we've been hearing ("disciplined" and "no longer employed").
On the other hand, I agree that the timeline does tend to make one wonder.
Jan 23, 2010, 10:53 pm
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As much as it's fun to dump on Fox News, let's be fair:
To be fair, the TSO involved does deserve some due process. And as others have testified here, firing a federal employee isn't quite as simple as firing an employee in the private sector.
On the other hand, I agree that the timeline does tend to make one wonder.
- The article you link to above on the Fox News website is just a reprint of an Associated Press article.
- The word "fired" only appears in the AP headline; the actual article still says the same things we've been hearing ("disciplined" and "no longer employed").
To be fair, the TSO involved does deserve some due process. And as others have testified here, firing a federal employee isn't quite as simple as firing an employee in the private sector.
On the other hand, I agree that the timeline does tend to make one wonder.
But seeing how violence is not legal, firing him and giving him the book as a parting gift will do just as well.
Jan 24, 2010, 12:12 am
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Yes, he got terminations from his job and he got disciplinary actions for his behaviors at checkpoint. That is final for 1 TSO is fired from airport and that's it! No more work at airport for rest his miserable life. This is inappropriate for his behavioral at security screening and he cannot be allowed to touching her bags and it is keep own privacy belongs her personal items. He can't be proved to be searchable her bag while she put into the x-ray machine and he is acting like a jokes it around. That is not good. He could be get more serious trouble at security. That is violations the rules. So unfortunately, I believe that he didn't have any required to screening his background checks.
Jan 24, 2010, 3:32 pm
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I had someone open, steal objects from my bag and then leave a book in my bag coming out of Doha last year on Qatar Airlines. I will not let my bag out of my sight without ziptieing all the zippers on my 22" bag. They'll cut through a lock as easily as cutting a ziptie. Ziptie's are cheaper.
Jan 27, 2010, 1:34 pm
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http://www.tsa.gov/blog/2008/02/trut...detection.html:
God forbid a passenger might get money through security. Possession of money is such a crime (in the eyes of the TSA, at least).
Some will say that it shouldn’t be TSA’s job to look for drugs, or money - our job is airport security. But when we spot someone behaving suspiciously, we don’t know what they have; all we know is they’re behaving in a way that says they might pose a threat. In many cases, we find things that might have otherwise gotten through security (money, drugs)
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Jan 27, 2010, 2:47 pm
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