What was holding up airport security for so long at the Houston Hobby Airport? Gunmen? Members of ISIS? Nope. Woman with books. According to Tech Dirt:
Hundreds of travelers attempting to fly out of Houston’s Hobby Airport were delayed for hours as TSA agents confronted the massive security threat posed by a book. Actually, several books. Several identical books. Carried by several fliers leaving the same event. (via Lowering the Bar)
“We had a large group with a large number of bags to be checked and because of a certain item in those bags there was additional screening necessary,” said Bill Begley with Hobby Airport.
A spokesman for the airport says the sorority members were apparently given thick booklets at the convention that could be mistaken for explosives when packed into checked bags. The booklets forced TSA officials to hand check most of the luggage.
Nice use of the word “forced.” Even if the book appeared suspicious at first, perhaps the inference could have been drawn that other passengers wearing the sorority insignia on their almost-universally red clothing were carrying the same non-threatening book. Or does “Behavioral Detection” — the TSA’s mind-reading initiative that watches for suspicious patterns — only detect suspicion, not the lack thereof?
It looks like the TSA gets their policy from Gaston. What do you think? Was it necessary to hold up the flights of hundreds of people to check books or was it a needless waste of time?
Source: Tech Dirt
Clearly this is cause for a tsa purge if no one sees this by now im sorry you must be a muslim
WHO WAS STUPID ENOUGH TO POST THIS DUMB C**P. OH YOU SAY IT WAS OBAMA OH NOW I UNDERSTAND. AMEN