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bottle of lotion on their person for the sole reason that it was expensive and they didn't want to lose it. Of course, many of you are saying, "Thank the heavens for the TSA. Without them, a harmless bottle of lotion would have made it onto an airplane. " While the sarcasm is expected, what you don't know is our intelligence has shown us that terrorists with dry flaky skin are unable to fulfill their missions. I kid, I kid, but on a serious note, what if it wasn't lotion?
The success story here is not that we kept a bottle of lotion off of a plane, but we found an intentionally hidden item on a passenger. We found a hidden item and knew exactly where it was without having the passenger undergo a hand-wanding or patdown.
"If it was explosive, the real terrorist would know better and divide it into 2 flasks and put it in the freedom baggie." Another reminder that TSA's liquid policies are pointless and do nothing to protect anyone!
I have no problem with you detecting the bottle, or inspecting it. I have a problem with it (and by extension, all such products) still not being allowed on board even after it is determined that it is not an explosive. While extreme critics of TSA will never be satisfied, policies that have no basis in logic make it hard for anyone to defend you. I suspect the liquid rule will be rescinded 3-6 months after TSA finally gets a new administrator.
Not the $170,000 each of these machines cost, which is significant, but the loss of freedom that TSA has rained down on the citizens of America. We are no better than a police state in this nations airports. I am ashamed of what TSA and it's employees are doing to this country.
I hope you arrested and prosecuted this person trying to conceal the lotion. If there are no consequences for trying to break your rules, then the rules are useless. Real terrorists can keep trying until they have a fool-proof way around your security.
If it was explosive, the real terrorist would know better and divide it into 2 flasks and put it in the freedom baggie." Or identical twin terrorists could each carry one bottle onto the plane.
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