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geronimotwo

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TSA actually does its job?
« on: July 15, 2011, 06:24:53 AM »
http://news.yahoo.com/tsa-finds-13-knives-carry-dc-area-airport-172625356.html

Amr Gamal Shedid was stopped from boarding his flight when they found 13 knives in his carry-on bag.  he claims to be a knife collector!  i am curious if there were 12 other vacant seats on that plane.  unfortunatly, i can't find whether he is being held or not?

not to hijack my own thread, but in the story they use the knife equivalents of AK and uzi. (the reporters audience shudders in fear)
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Re: TSA actually does its job?
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2011, 06:45:56 AM »
Project Knife Flyer?
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Re: TSA actually does its job?
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2011, 08:24:44 AM »
And if he put them in his checked luggage he would not even have needed to declare them.

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« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2011, 10:51:42 AM »
Quote from: vaskidmark on July 15, 2011, 08:24:44 AM
And if he put them in his checked luggage he would not even have needed to declare them.

stay safe.

Yeah, but that would cost an extra $25  ;)

And the knives wouldn't still be in the luggage when he picked it up from the carousel  =(
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Re: TSA actually does its job?
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2011, 09:51:01 PM »
If anything, having 13 knives suggests that he wasn't out to hijack anything.

You can hijack a plane just as well with one knife as you can with 13.
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Re: TSA actually does its job?
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2011, 01:58:24 AM »
Did he have 13 arms ?  Is does he get excitable as to choice?

I think a more accurate thread title would be "TSA Actually Stops More Than Just Nail Clippers For Once." 
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Re: TSA actually does its job?
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2011, 07:10:39 PM »
Quote from: MicroBalrog on July 15, 2011, 09:51:01 PM
If anything, having 13 knives suggests that he wasn't out to hijack anything.

You can hijack a plane just as well with one knife as you can with 13.

See, they could have just taken that one away and let him keep the other 12  :lol:
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