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BlueNinja0 The Mod with the Migraine from Taking a left at Albuquerque Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#1: Jul 13th 2011 at 12:11:04 PM

TSA vows to strip search all passengers before flights.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/07/11/stun.gun.airplane/index.html?hpt=hp_bn12

New York (CNN) — Authorities are investigating how a stun gun ended up on a Jet Blue aircraft in New Jersey on Friday night.

An airline crew found the stun gun in a seatback pocket while cleaning the plane after it landed at Newark Liberty International Airport around 10 p.m., Jet Blue spokesman Sebastian White said in a statement.

The flight, carrying 96 people, originated at Logan International Airport in Boston, but the plane had made several other stops throughout the day, White said.

Jet Blue officials turned the stun gun over to New York and New Jersey Port Authority police after it was found, said Port Authority spokesman Steve Coleman.

The incident is under investigation by the FBI in coordination with the Transportation Security Administration, according to TSA spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein.

"All current information indicates this is not part of an attack," said Special Agent Bryan Travers of the Newark Division of the FBI.

Officials at Massachusetts Port Authority, which owns and operates Logan International, had no comment on the incident.

The Massachusetts Port Authority is currently being sued, along with United Airlines and a private security company, by the family of Mark Bavis, who died aboard United Flight 175 from Logan Airport in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Papers filed in Manhattan Federal Court allege that security screeners at the airport were operating under a general manager who was unaware of the al Qaeda terrorist threat and were unable to detect weapons such as the chemical spray Mace.

OK, so they haven't made that pledge - yet. Still, I bet it's just a matter of time.

Meanwhile, the Criminal Minds Killer Of The Week is probably sitting in his hotel room going, "Where the hell did I leave my stun gun?"

edited 13th Jul '11 12:11:38 PM by BlueNinja0

That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw
blueharp Since: Dec, 1969
#2: Jul 13th 2011 at 12:51:57 PM

Oh man, they missed a single stun gun...my word, how threatening that would be!

Barkey Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#3: Jul 13th 2011 at 2:43:57 PM

Probably slid out of an Air Marshals pocket..

wuggles Since: Jul, 2009
#4: Jul 13th 2011 at 3:42:36 PM

Jesus Christ. Now they're going to strip search everyone and then have a drug dog sniff them or something.

HeavyDDR Who's Vergo-san. from Central Texas Since: Jul, 2009
Who's Vergo-san.
#5: Jul 13th 2011 at 3:56:46 PM

Oh God that's a horrible way to start a topic. I mean you're just opening up the flood gates for posters to rush in, not reading the article, and getting flared up.

I'm pretty sure the concept of Law having limits was a translation error. -Wanderlustwarrior
AllanAssiduity Since: Dec, 1969
#6: Jul 13th 2011 at 4:18:22 PM

This isn't the best way, really.

Also: what Barkey said.

DeMarquis Who Am I? from Hell, USA Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: Buried in snow, waiting for spring
Who Am I?
#7: Jul 13th 2011 at 4:25:22 PM

Oh, so that's where I left it...

"We learn from history that we do not learn from history."
Barkey Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#8: Jul 13th 2011 at 4:27:02 PM

You wrote that OP post really badly squid. Come to Port Hueneme so I can beat your ass. tongue

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