Category Archives: Stupid Airport Tricks

Another day, another TSA fail

Posted on December 23, 2010 by alan

Pilot exposes security flaws, government spank. The YouTube videos, posted Nov. 28, show what the pilot calls the irony of flight crews being forced to go through TSA screening while ground crew who service the aircraft are able to access … Continue reading →

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More terrorists the TSA didn’t stop!

Posted on November 1, 2010 by alan

Bombs from Yemen designed to blow up planes, maybe. There sure is a lot of “we don’t know” with this one. One thing I do know. The TSA didn’t stop it. TSA: Failing to stop terrorists for nine years!

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How to fail at security

Posted on January 20, 2010 by alan

Keeping the focus: safety The previous system failed catastrophically. But the attacks didn’t succeed because it was a private system. The attacks succeeded because — quite simply — we lived in a pre-9/11 world, one in which knives and box … Continue reading →

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Barn Door => Horse

Posted on December 27, 2009 by alan

Or why the TSA will always be made of fail. The TSA is using the French security model which like all things French is made of fail. After the disaster that was The Great War, the French decided they never … Continue reading →

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From the still not getting it department.

Posted on December 12, 2009 by alan

via Joe Huffman Representatives Peter T. King (R – New York), Charles Dent (R – Pennsylvania) and Gus Bilirakis (R – Florida) can kiss my ass. Three Republican lawmakers have asked the Department of Homeland Security what can be done … Continue reading →

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Why I Hate To Fly – #213

Posted on April 20, 2009 by alan

Because having a “bathroom emergency” could get you arrested on felony charges. Joao Correa, 43, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution he had a bathroom emergency 30 minutes into a March 28 Delta Air Lines flight from Honduras to Atlanta, but found … Continue reading →

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TSA out of control in St. Louis

Posted on April 3, 2009 by alan

Campaign for Liberty employee Steve Bierfeldt was detained and questioned by TSA in St. Louis. TSA Idiocy ensues. OMFG! “If you have nothing to hide…” Seriously? Ultimately, an FBI agent showed up, found out the money was from campaign contributions … Continue reading →

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10 more reasons the TSA sucks

Posted on January 13, 2009 by alan

From the Luggage Blog: 10 Worst TSA Employees of 2008 Stealing valuables, gross ignorance, petty tyranny, lethal incompetence and institutional failure. It’s all on display in this year end wrap up of the failure that is the TSA.

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TSA – Misses the "gunpowder", investigates wood flute.

Posted on December 29, 2008 by alan

More evidence of security theater: Last Thursday, December 5, I brought five ounces (140 grams) of old-fashioned black gunpowder to San Francisco airport. I also brought along a boarding pass for United flight 720 to Denver that I had created … Continue reading →

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Common Sense at the TSA?

Posted on October 8, 2008 by alan

I’m shocked. Despite breathless reporting, it looks like someone at the TSA checkpoint in Kennedy Airport displayed an unusual level of common sense. Federal airport screeners found two grenades in the luggage of a man set to board a JetBlue … Continue reading →

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