TSA misses stun gun, still claims victory.
Feb 21, 2009, 3:52 am
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TSA misses stun gun, still claims victory.
The TSA flat out misses stun gun but still claims victory from mutiple layers of security.
From the article.
I just vomited a little.
From the article.
A woman who carried a stun gun in an infant's stroller undetected through security at Albany International Airport is facing a misdemeanor charge after an airline employee found the device at the gate.
Amy Burns, her child and a male passenger were boarding a Southwest Airlines flight last Saturday when the employee found the device as he prepared to load the stroller in the plane's baggage hold, authorities said. ...
...Uselding also said that, while there is "no silver bullet" in detecting such threats, "we do have multiple layers of security," ranging from reinforced cockpit doors to air marshals aboard aircraft.
"This article did not make it onto the aircraft," she said.
Amy Burns, her child and a male passenger were boarding a Southwest Airlines flight last Saturday when the employee found the device as he prepared to load the stroller in the plane's baggage hold, authorities said. ...
...Uselding also said that, while there is "no silver bullet" in detecting such threats, "we do have multiple layers of security," ranging from reinforced cockpit doors to air marshals aboard aircraft.
"This article did not make it onto the aircraft," she said.
Feb 21, 2009, 10:47 am
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Uselding also said that, while there is "no silver bullet" in detecting such threats, "we do have multiple layers of security," ranging from reinforced cockpit doors to air marshals aboard aircraft.
Feb 21, 2009, 1:42 pm
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Zero threat at all.
I think the screeners ought to be charged with a crime, too, since they missed it. Fair is fair.
No accountability. None whatsover.
Feb 21, 2009, 3:11 pm
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Originally Posted by Global_Hi_Flyer
I think the screeners ought to be charged with a crime, too, since they missed it. Fair is fair.
No accountability. None whatsover.
I, on the other hand, get to hear about it in in-briefing at the start of shift about how some airport somewhere missed something that was found at another airport on the return trip, and how the security cameras were consulted to determine who screwed up where, and proper action then taking place. Two, this past week, as a matter of fact—and that's just the big stuff that I hear about. Just as not every cotton-picking little thing that takes place or is caught at a security checkpoint makes it into a press release, so too does not every cotton-picking little screw-up that someone makes gets into a shift briefing for being on the look-out for something.
Feb 21, 2009, 4:16 pm
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Neg. Just no publicity.
I, on the other hand, get to hear about it in in-briefing at the start of shift about how some airport somewhere missed something that was found at another airport on the return trip, and how the security cameras were consulted to determine who screwed up where, and proper action then taking place. Two, this past week, as a matter of fact—and that's just the big stuff that I hear about. Just as not every cotton-picking little thing that takes place or is caught at a security checkpoint makes it into a press release, so too does not every cotton-picking little screw-up that someone makes gets into a shift briefing for being on the look-out for something.
I, on the other hand, get to hear about it in in-briefing at the start of shift about how some airport somewhere missed something that was found at another airport on the return trip, and how the security cameras were consulted to determine who screwed up where, and proper action then taking place. Two, this past week, as a matter of fact—and that's just the big stuff that I hear about. Just as not every cotton-picking little thing that takes place or is caught at a security checkpoint makes it into a press release, so too does not every cotton-picking little screw-up that someone makes gets into a shift briefing for being on the look-out for something.
It's all going to become moot if something truly deadly slips by with a person with deadly intentions.
Feb 21, 2009, 5:16 pm
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I think the woman should file a suit against the TSA for violating her 5th Amendment rights.
From the article.
The 5th Amendment.
From the article.
But TSA officials are using the event as a learning experience. Uselding said they took the stroller and the device back to the security checkpoint so that officers could see what it looked like on the screen, since it was missed the first time.
Amendment 5 - Trial and Punishment, Compensation for Takings. Ratified 12/15/1791.
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Feb 21, 2009, 7:01 pm
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