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zorgon:
TSA - When will we put a stop to this?
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Posted a lot about this back at ATS and Open Minds but never got a round to it here. But today I saw one News article that just got me dander up and so I will start with this article and then use google term "TSA AGENT ARRESTED" as a source
Just doing their job? Really? Every group had bad apples but with these guys, seems the whole bushel is rotten
At least these stories are covered by main stream media so I don't have to worry that they are some made up BS to stir fear. These are the real actions of those that have yet to catch ONE terrorist.
So lets start with this Marine coming home....
Marine says he was hassled by TSA, security guards over wounds, medals
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Retired Marine Cpl. Nathan Kemnitz was severely injured in 2004 in a roadside bomb attack. So when he was asked to remove his dress blues "because he was wearing too much metal" at the California State Capitol building, or asked to raise his arms above his head by the TSA at Sacramento International Airport, he couldn't. At the capitol building, this turned into a heated exchange between Kemnitz and security officers. "What does a uniform and heroism represent if our citizens — in this case employees of the TSA and security personnel — have no regard for them?" Kemnitz's escort, Patricia Martin, wrote to Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki after the incidents. Good question
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Decorated, wounded Marine treated 'shamefully' by security screeners
--- Quote ---Wearing the uniform of the Few and Proud doesn’t rate preferential treatment from the Transportation Security Administration or California capitol security officers, retired Marine Cpl. Nathan Kemnitz recently found.
Kemnitz, severely injured in 2004 in a roadside bomb attack in Fallujah, has limited use of his right arm and cannot lift it above his head. So when security guards at the state capitol building in Sacramento, Calif., asked him to remove his dress blue blouse “because he was wearing too much metal,” and TSA asked him to raise his arms above his head for the full-body scanner at Sacramento International Airport, he could not comply.
“My right arm doesn’t work. It’s a lot of hassle for me to do that,” Kemntiz said.
At the state capitol, the Marine’s refusal to remove his uniform top grew into a heated exchange between Kemnitz, a friend who was accompanying him and security officers.
At the airport, bystanders stared as the TSA security screener looked under Kemnitz’s medals, ran his hands under the Marine’s waistband and swabbed his shoes for explosives.
“What does a uniform and heroism represent if our own citizens — in this case employees of the TSA and security personnel — have no regard for them?” wrote Kemnitz’s escort, Patricia Martin, to Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki following the incidents.
Martin took photos and disseminated them to family, friends and members of the media.
“I feel so strongly that you need to know just how shamefully even a Purple Heart recipient/disabled veteran can be treated by some TSA and security employees,” she said.
Kemnitz said after the incidents that he was not as annoyed with TSA officers as he was with a security screener at the California state capitol, whom he described as rude and unapologetic.
Kemnitz was visiting the building to be honored as his legislative district’s veteran of the year.
“At some places I’m treated like royalty and at some like a terrorist. There’s got to be something in the middle,” he said.
The incident was not the first to spark similar outrage. In January, NBC journalist Luke Russert tweeted his irritation at an enhanced security screening at Reagan National Airport of a troop wearing a prosthetic.
“Making Wounded Warriors with prosthetic legs go through extra explosives screening. #fail,” Russert wrote.
In March, bystanders notified Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., about what they perceived to be maltreatment of a double amputee by TSA screeners at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor Airport.
Concurrent with that incident, TSA announced it had changed its rules to eliminate a requirement that injured troops remove their shoes, jackets or hats. But to receive the expedited service, TSA asks affected personnel to call the agency’s Military Severely Injured Joint Service Operations Center before traveling.
TSA also offers escorted “curb-to-gate service” for injured or ill personnel who request it as well as the TSA Pre program to service members with a military common access card at four airports: Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, and Washington Dulles International Airport.
The Senate Sergeant-At-Arms is responsible for security screenings at the California capitol building. No one was available Friday to speak with the media regarding the incident.
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http://www.militarytimes.com/article/20130705/NEWS/307050026/Decorated-wounded-Marine-treated-shamefully-by-security-screeners
zorgon:
Jun 7, 2013
TSA agent arrested over cocaine
--- Quote ---CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) - A TSA agent at the Buffalo Niagara Airport is facing felony drug charges.
Authorities say 29-year-old Todd Stoddard was arrested Thursday night after a traffic stop on Vicksburg Avenue in the Town of Tonawanda. Sheriff Tim Howard says Stoddard was found with 20 grams of cocaine.
"This happened to be a person in a very trusted employment," Sheriff Howard said.
Stoddard, who's worked as an airport security officer for about two years, has been under investigation for a month. Authorities had him under surveillance, even during his work shift at the airport.
But Sheriff Howard says authorities do not believe Stoddard used his TSA position in connection with any suspected drug activity.
"The investigation maybe went on a little bit longer as an added opportunity to watch this individual, to make sure no such activity was taking place at the airport, and we're all very comfortable to say that there was none," Sheriff Howard said.
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http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/crime/tsa-agent-arrested-over-cocaine
So they let him work for a month... nice :P
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zorgon:
Dec. 6, 2012
Another TSA Agent Accused of iPad Theft
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. International News | Entertainment | Politics
--- Quote ---By RANDY KREIDER and MEGAN CHUCHMACH (@megcourtney)
Dec. 6, 2012
A TSA agent was arrested this week and charged with stealing from passengers traveling through New York's John F. Kennedy Airport, adding to the long list of TSA officers accused of theft of passenger belongings.
TSA baggage screener Sean Henry, 32, was arrested on Tuesday after a sting operation conducted jointly by the TSA and the Port Authority Police Department caught Henry leaving the airport with two iPads that had been planted as part of the sting, as well as numerous other electronics devices he had allegedly stolen from passengers. Just as in a recent ABC News investigation of thefts by TSA agents, the sting used the iPads' own tracking capabilities to follow the stolen tablets' movements.
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http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/tsa-agent-accused-ipad-theft/story?id=17892885#.UdyhQDvUnjI
zorgon:
ebruary 08, 2013
TSA sued for $5 million after arresting man over peanut butter jar
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents screen passangers at Los Angeles International Airport (AFP Photo / Kevork Djansezian)
--- Quote ---After being hauled away from New York’s LaGuardia Airport for making a wisecrack about his jar of peanut butter, an Arizona man is suing a TSA agent and a Port Authority cop for $5 million.
Frank Hannibal, 50, is seeking millions of dollars according to a recently filed lawsuit that has been uncovered by the New York Daily Mail. In the complaint, Hannibal recalls a failed attempt to pass through a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint with a jar of gourmet peanut butter. By the time the incident was over, he says he spent over 24 hours in a jail cell.
“It sounds laughable now but at the time to be led out of there like a terrorist was unbelievable,” Hannibal tells the Daily News. “My whole life was up in the air. It was a nightmare. My children were overwhelmed. It was crazy.”
Hannibal’s troubles began when a TSA agent questioned him about his jar of “Crazy Richard’s Natural Peanut Butter,” a spread sold at supermarkets across the country and marketed by Ohio’s Krema Products Company. Speaking to the paper, Hannibal says the TSA agent appeared confused by the natural separation of oil inside the jar of peanut butter, which retails typically at around $7 a pop.
“The liquid oil that separated from the peanut butter had them baffled,” he says.
But instead of ditching the food or explaining the science behind preservation, Hannibal admits to cracking a joke when an agent analyzed the jar.
“They’re looking to confiscate my explosives,” Hannibal sarcastically told his wife and twin 6-year-old daughters, according to court papers obtained by the Daily News. But although the comment wasn’t met for anyone other than his family, Hannibal says it garnered the attention of a nearby agent.
Moments later, Hannibal was cuffed and on his way to a holding cell. There he spent 25 hours in lockup where he was offered, you guessed it—a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
“The jelly looked like pus, the peanut butter like God knows what and the bread was hard as a rock," Hannibal tells the paper.
Hopefully soon, however, Hannibal’s days of jailcell sandwiches are behind him. He is suing the TSA worker who didn’t get his joke and the Port Authority officer who arrested him for $5 million.
“It’s a sorry state of affairs in this country when sarcasm is considered a felony,” his attorney, Alan D. Levine of Queens, tells the paper.
Federal law mandates that the TSA impose a 3.2 ounce limit on “gels” during air travel.
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3.2 ounce limit on “gels”? Nitro Glycerine is a Gel I wonder how much damage three ounces of that would do?
zorgon:
FEBRUARY 16, 2011
Two TSA agents arrested at JFK Airport for stealing $39K from passenger's bag
Port Authority police arrested to TSA employees for allegedly stealing about $160,000 worth of property from plane passengers over a period of time.
--- Quote ---Two TSA officers were busted Wednesday for stealing $40,000 from a bag at Kennedy Airport they thought belonged to a drug dealer, a law enforcement source said.
Under questioning, the pair also admitted swiping up to $160,000 from other unsuspecting passengers.
Rogue agents Davon Webb, 30, and Persad Coumar, 36, were busted after a sharp-eyed colleague blew the whistle.
They were charged with grand larceny, possession of stolen property, conspiracy and official misconduct. Each was held in lieu of $15,000 bail after their arraignment Wednesday night.
"TSA has a zero tolerance policy for theft in the workplace," the Transportation Security Administration said.
"The disgraceful actions of a few should not reflect negatively on the ... 50,000 TSA officers across the country who work each day to keep the traveling public safe."y
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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/tsa-agents-arrested-jfk-airport-stealing-39k-passenger-bag-article-1.138211
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