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X-Ray of Hands, 1922. Unknown, American (Metropolitan Museum) Checking back with the TSA, here are the accomplishments on their list for the period between January 23rd and 29th, 2012: 2 artfully concealed prohibited items found at checkpoints 31 firearms found at checkpoints 0 passengers arrested after investigation of suspicious behavior or fraudulent travel documents Late last year, the [...] Suitcase, 2007. Shahram Karimi, Iranian (Photo: Courtesy LTMH Gallery, NY) Here’s what those busy folks at TSA did during the period between January 16th and 22nd, 2012: 4 artfully concealed prohibited items found at checkpoints 26 firearms found at checkpoints 1 passenger was arrested after investigation of suspicious behavior or fraudulent travel documents James Fallows at the [...] Untitled (Children with Carnival Carts and Suitcases), 1934. Joseph Cornell, American (Smithsonian American Art Museum) Here’s what our friends at TSA list in their Week At A Glance covering the period between January 9th and 15th, 2012: 4 artfully concealed prohibited items found at checkpoints 17 firearms found at checkpoints 0 passengers were arrested after investigation of suspicious behavior [...] Immigrant’s Suitcase, 1982. Jan Sawka, Hungarian (www.jansawka.com) Another busy week for the folks at TSA. For the period between January 1st and 8th, 2012, this is what they’re admitting to in their latest Week At A Glance feature: 1 artfully concealed prohibited item found at checkpoints 21 firearms found at checkpoints 0 passengers were arrested after investigation of [...] Security expert Bruce Schneier on the guns and knives TSA proudly announced they found last year. Not a single terrorist on the list. Mostly forgetful, and entirely innocent, people. Note that they fail to point out that the firearms and knives would have been just as easily caught by pre-9/11 screening procedures. And that the [...] Suitcase with Glove, 1985. John Monks, British (Metropolitan Museum) According to their home page, here’s what TSA did for the period from December 26, 2011 through January 1, 2012: 1 artfully concealed prohibited item found at checkpoints 23 firearms found at checkpoints 1 passenger was arrested after investigation of suspicious behavior or fraudulent travel documents Don’t you [...] Foxnews Joe and Susan Trento, author of the book “Unsafe at Any Altitude,” said TSA screeners simply are not finding contraband with any consistency. “If it gets to the point where they’re on the plane with explosives, the system’s already failed,” Joe Trento said. “TSA, the pilots call it ‘Thousands Standing Around’ — that’s [...] We here at TSA wish to assure the public that we have matters totally and well in hand Oh, TSA can get all macho and jackbooted when trying to intimidate bloggers who published a memo they’d already distributed to thousands of employees (and which wasn’t secret), but when it comes to, y’know, stopping bombers [...] Just because the attempt failed doesn’t mean it wasn’t terrorism. He slipped through and nearly detonated a bomb on a plane while in flight. It could have been catastrophic. The initial reaction of the Obama Administration on this was to try to paint a perky PR picture. Heckuva job there, TSA. Well no, it [...] |  | ||||
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