Playboy Playmate arrested with gun at checkpoint
Aug 10, 2011, 9:01 am
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So another person had an "Oh, crap!" moment at the checkpoint. This has been going on for decades, and it happens to just as many LEOs. I guess if you're into celebrity worship or sophomoric jokes about "loaded 45s" this might be of interest.
So another person had an "Oh, crap!" moment at the checkpoint. This has been going on for decades, and it happens to just as many LEOs. I guess if you're into celebrity worship or sophomoric jokes about "loaded 45s" this might be of interest.
Aug 10, 2011, 9:24 am
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If anybody but SATTSO had posted this you'd be all over it, berating the TSA for something (it doesn't really matter what.)
Aug 10, 2011, 9:37 am
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Aug 10, 2011, 11:29 am
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Aug 10, 2011, 11:33 am
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You mean as opposed to the other threads started by non-TSA employee FT members regarding people arrested at a checkpoint because of a firearm? Oh, this thread is no different than those.
Aug 10, 2011, 11:39 am
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A Playboy playmate was charged with firearm offenses after attempting to board a plane in Florida with a loaded handgun in her bag
Another good job by the TSA by finding a handgun. Notice that the handgun was found using the baggage x-ray, which has been used in routine administrative screenings at airports, courthouses, some museums, etc. for years.
Also, notice that a firearm carried on a person would alarm the WTMD. Whereas a firearm on a person may or may be picked up on the AIT, given the number of red team fails.
Just another example of why the TSA should stick to customary and routine administrative searches that are not invasive and effective. This would be much more successful than the current focus on invasive and ineffective techniques being employed as primary screening.
I would just call this another duh moment in TSA history.
Another good job by the TSA by finding a handgun. Notice that the handgun was found using the baggage x-ray, which has been used in routine administrative screenings at airports, courthouses, some museums, etc. for years.
Also, notice that a firearm carried on a person would alarm the WTMD. Whereas a firearm on a person may or may be picked up on the AIT, given the number of red team fails.
Just another example of why the TSA should stick to customary and routine administrative searches that are not invasive and effective. This would be much more successful than the current focus on invasive and ineffective techniques being employed as primary screening.
I would just call this another duh moment in TSA history.
Aug 10, 2011, 11:41 am
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Aug 10, 2011, 11:43 am
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I suspect this is the real reason ...
Aug 10, 2011, 11:58 am
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Aug 10, 2011, 2:10 pm
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My question to SATTSO is: what was your motivation for posting this story?
Was it to laud a TSA accomplishment?
Was it to counter the cynics who say TSA isn't capable of doing anything right?
Was is to provide fodder to those who criticize TSA for various reasons?
Personally, I think this is a non-story in all respects. It only gets attention because it happened at an airport and that gets people everywhere in a frenzy. (plus it was someone semi-famous).
However, I'm not about to praise TSA. They did exactly what they are there for, and fulfilled the most basic of my expectations. Their accomplishment is no more noteworthy than anyone else who gets through their job every day.
Was it to laud a TSA accomplishment?
Was it to counter the cynics who say TSA isn't capable of doing anything right?
Was is to provide fodder to those who criticize TSA for various reasons?
Personally, I think this is a non-story in all respects. It only gets attention because it happened at an airport and that gets people everywhere in a frenzy. (plus it was someone semi-famous).
However, I'm not about to praise TSA. They did exactly what they are there for, and fulfilled the most basic of my expectations. Their accomplishment is no more noteworthy than anyone else who gets through their job every day.
Aug 10, 2011, 2:19 pm
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Wow, the TSA saved a plane full of people from a Playboy Bunny!
Was she a new member of Al Qaeda?
What were her demands?
Was she going to crash the plane into the Playboy mansion?
Answers: no, none, and no. The biggest debate among the TSA employees was who was going to get to see her naked and who would feel her up.
IOW, not news worthy, not important, and the outcome would have been entirely the same with screening procedures from 1999.
Was she a new member of Al Qaeda?
What were her demands?
Was she going to crash the plane into the Playboy mansion?
Answers: no, none, and no. The biggest debate among the TSA employees was who was going to get to see her naked and who would feel her up.
IOW, not news worthy, not important, and the outcome would have been entirely the same with screening procedures from 1999.
Aug 10, 2011, 2:30 pm
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The TSA did their job finding this gun, finding the fake bomb this week, and finding the C4 the soldier tried to smuggle. They found these items using the same screening methods they've used for years and not the new scanners or enhanced patdowns. Whay are travellers subjected to these new invasive methods when they haven't been proven to be more effective?
Aug 10, 2011, 2:56 pm
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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/10...est=latestnews
I'm just going to wait and read all your comments about TSOs offering to pat her down...
I'm just going to wait and read all your comments about TSOs offering to pat her down...
She have placed the guns into checked bags. She could get 1st degree misdemeanor felons.