Re: tsa abuse?

["Alex Eckelberry" <AlexE () sunbelt-software com>]

I think we need to move on from contact lense cleaner to something more
serious: Butter knives:

http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/07/11/askthepilot283/


Alex
 

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Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 1:32 PM
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Subject: Re: [funsec] tsa abuse?

On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Paul Ferguson <fergdawg () netzero net>
wrote:
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> - -- "Alex Eckelberry" <AlexE () sunbelt-software com> wrote:
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> > http://youtube.com/watch?v=xcCmmaCqZhg&feature=user
> >
> > This is quite disturbing -- a passenger gets upset about having to 
> > give up her contact lens cleaner to the TSA (which is an idiotic 
> > rule).  >This results in her being tackled to the ground.
>
> I hope she wins her lawsuit -- it appears to me (at least) that the 
> TSA personnel were wholly unjustified in their actions.
>
> Great timing, Alex -- I'm headed for the airport shortly, too. ;-)

Without audio, and a video that starts a little sooner and is a little
closer up,  I can't judge whether TSA was justified. My instinct is that
the "victim" is taking a "the best defense is a good offense"
approach to getting out from under her own screwup.
Regardless of whether the contact lens solution should be allowed, it
isn't. She knew it, decided she could scam her way through, and somehow
was shocked when she was flagged.

Have a good flight, Paul.

Don

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