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Possibly the men manning the scanners had blurred brains?
Posted by: nannie | February 22, 2011 at 03:39 PM
If it had been a Kardashian they would have caught it.
Posted by: nursecindy | February 22, 2011 at 04:54 PM
TSA just knows how to make you feel as safe as a baby ...in a washing machine.
Posted by: Loudmouth | February 22, 2011 at 05:09 PM
nc, even if it had been a Kardashian, they may not have caught the gun. But they would have looked real hard.
Posted by: BillyJoeJimBob | February 22, 2011 at 05:29 PM
There's a kinda oxymoronic phrase (IMHBCO) in that statement put forth by the TSA ...
" ... federal workforce ... "
Posted by: O the U(manity) | February 22, 2011 at 05:48 PM
How big were they?
Posted by: bonmot | February 22, 2011 at 05:58 PM
It's a fairly common phenomenon commonly called "highway hypnosis".
I worked with a soft drink bottler which sold re-usable glass bottles because the customers thought it tasted better than in throw-aways. Same formula. Go figure.
Anyway, the equipment for detecting foreign matter in these bottles as they went through the line was very good, as were the workers. For about 15 minutes. After that, a Sherman tank might have gotten by.
We finally got a voluntary agreement with management to switch the workers out every quarter hour. Management was not against solving the problem but was uncertain of the best method.
It seemed to help.
Posted by: Steve | February 22, 2011 at 06:00 PM
Same phenomenon regarding teenagers overlooking that pair of tennis shoes sitting on the bottom stair for a week.
Posted by: bonmot | February 22, 2011 at 06:20 PM
The solution is obvious: Prohibit the TSA from carrying firearms.
Posted by: Guin | February 22, 2011 at 08:22 PM
Key to all regulatory/security malfeasance:
"TSA agents who spoke to a reporter agreed that the body-imaging scanners are effective -- but only if the officers monitoring them are paying attention."
Posted by: Curtis E Flush | February 23, 2011 at 04:47 AM
And I can't get a bottle of nasal spray through.
Posted by: Mikey | February 23, 2011 at 01:25 PM
LOL at Loudmouth.
Irritated at tsa peeping toms who irradiate us and can't even bother to pay attention to actually protect us. They need to use bomb dogs.
Posted by: Kristina L | February 23, 2011 at 08:55 PM