Posted on 11/02/2010 2:44:57 PM PDT by DFG
The Transportation Security Administration worker who earlier this year was canned for falsely claiming to have discovered cocaine in the luggage of travelers was a bomb appraisal officer who was supposed to be evaluating new screening equipment at the time he was pranking his unsuspecting targets, records show.
TSA documents released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request provide further details about the January incidents at the Philadelphia International Airport. The name of the bomb appraisal officer has been redacted from the material, though one memo indicates that when the worker was confronted, “He did say humbly that he was completely wrong and he made a mistake.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thesmokinggun.com ...
TSA = Tricksters, Schmucks and A-holes?
I don’t think the words “prank” and “mistake” accurately describe what was done here.
Oh, it’s just a ‘prank’ when the Feds do it.
Well, at least he was fired, according to the article.
“Well, at least he was fired, according to the article.”
Yes, but did they use REAL fire? It’s what he deserves.
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