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By: federale86

federale86 — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 20:46:20 +0000

Just some points, federal law enforcement agents do not need a letter authorizing them to fly. Their federal credentials, not the badge, authorized them to fly armed. Non-federal, e.g. state and local, including assistant harbormasters, need credentials, a badge, and a letter from the head of their agency to fly armed. All law enforcement officers flying armed are introducted to the captain in the cockpit and are identified to other law enforcement officers flying armed on the flight. It appears that the state trooper is at fault for not examinining the badge and the credentials of the assistant harbormaster.

By: GeneSmith

GeneSmith — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:34:03 +0000

the thought that honest law abiding citizens can have firearms.

This concept flies in the teeth of 0bamanism and will not be tolerated once His 0bamaness ascends to the Presidency!

By: johnnyU

johnnyU — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 13:41:24 +0000

-sipping koolaid in slippers and bathrobe-

I am trying to figure why there aren’t mass firings in the MSM after this disaster of election coverage and I want to know why someone hasn’t created FoxNews 2 yet. One of these times, if it hasn’t already, the MSM is going to cause this country some serious damage.

By: Hog Wild

Hog Wild — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:10:13 +0000

And people wonder why I prefer to drive… granted I’m not usually in a hurry. I got the wheel “Scotty”, give me all she’s got.

By: Tim Burton

Tim Burton — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:21:35 +0000

Skip Janet Nappy for Homeland Security, put this guy in ~~his~~ her place.

By: ex-Democrat

ex-Democrat — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:18:53 +0000

Can I get a I Hate Hippies badge? A real shiny one?

Let’s roll.

By: bullseye

bullseye — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 01:45:25 +0000

When I worked for the DOD,(Navy) one of the tall skinny young guys carefully taped a pic of Mihkael Gorbachov over his official ID.

Day after day, he would walk through the gate 2 or 3 times a day (morning, lunch etc) and flash the badge with gorby’s pic. Not one guard ever took a closer look. That was back in the late 80’s or so.

By: opiemuyo

opiemuyo — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:36:57 +0000

The civilian officer at the exit was responsible for this screw up, not TSA.
I and every one on my crew are very dedicated to the security of the flying public, and this kind of bone up would not happen at my airport.
by the way, I am not a totally stupid a**hole. Not all the TSA is incompetent, it is bad leadership at certain airports.

By: njcommuter

njcommuter — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:23:36 +0000

We hear about it two years after it happened because they didn’t want someone else to try it before they could make sure everybody was properly trained, for real this time, so it won’t happen again.

By: Amendment X

Amendment X — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:41:59 +0000

T-S-A…Totally Stupid A**holes. The TSA motto?: “Dominate, Intimidate, Control.”
I have a friend of mine who is a senior pilot with a major airlines. I asked him if we are any safer today than we were on 9-11 with TSA in place. His reply as he looked over at me-”No”.
There are so many stories about these inept people in a uniform.
Seemingly McDonald’s has a higher bar to clear for employment.
Go here for some eye opening stories.

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By: HornetSting

HornetSting — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:25:26 +0000

Security can only go SO far.

Stupidity cannot be given training.*

*See U.S. Senate for details.

By: CurtZHP

CurtZHP — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:19:34 +0000

In Obama’s new security force, will we get our own badges, too? And a decoder ring?

Badger40 on November 26, 2008 at 2:35 PM

I thought we were getting armbands. And brown shirts.

By: Zorro

Zorro — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:19:04 +0000

I blame the democraps.

By: eeyore

eeyore — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:15:27 +0000

Actually eeyore, TSA is not unionized…
Shivv on November 26, 2008 at 3:47 PM

Sorry, Shivv. I guess I was thinking back on the story at Logan(?) a few years ago, when an agent walked away from a one-person security checkpoint in a small concourse because his replacement hadn’t arrived and his break time had. That sounded kind of uniony, but maybe that wasn’t TSA.

I’m surprised anyone makes that mistake in the first place.

The Little Grey Cells are starting to do that.

By: syncrodude

syncrodude — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:11:21 +0000

Mabey Archie Bunker was right, way back in 1976.... Video

By: jerseyman

jerseyman — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:11:01 +0000

What is really amazing is that terrorists have not figured this out already. Just flash a badge (fake or reasonable facsimile), fill out a form, and forge a letter, ‘all aboard’. How hard can that be? This would not seem to be a deterent for anyone who seriously wants to hijack a plane. Oh yeah, they are all hijacking tankers for millions of dollars in the Middle East! Better 10 million dolars now, than 72 virgins later.

By: AZCoyote

AZCoyote — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:57:41 +0000

Not to worry, folks. Obama will appoint Janet Napolitano as head of Homeland Security and we’ll all be so much safer. She has been unable (or unwilling) to secure the borders of her own state, so Obama will reward her incompetence by giving her a promotion and putting her in charge of the entire nation’s security.

Sleep well.

By: Laura in Maryland

Laura in Maryland — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:51:35 +0000

I don’t even know where to start. I think we need to throw out the whole lot of them. Bush originally wanted to make airport security an entry level FBI job, thus attracting better, more qualified people. Decent pay and a shot at advancement would also give incentives for performance.

By: Shivv

Shivv — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:47:24 +0000

Ed:
They’re Federal employees
They’re Union memebers
Get a grip!

eeyore on November 26, 2008 at 3:16 PM

Actually eeyore, TSA is not unionized. Considering how big of a fight there was when DHS was founded regarding unionization of the workforce I’m surprised anyone makes that mistake in the first place.

As far as this incident goes, it seems that most of the blame falls on the state police working at the terminal. At the airport I work at, the police are the first ones that examine the identification of any law enforcement personnel flying armed. Only after the officer logs the person into the book does a Lead or Supervisor from the TSA look at the ID.

Should that TSA employee have caught the obvious mistake being made by the police? Of course, but considering how little power they actually give us in TSA I can understand why that person would have yielded to the judgment of a law enforcement officer.

By: urbancenturion

urbancenturion — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:38:58 +0000

They just need to get rid of the preposterous no-guns-on-planes rule. It’s unconstitutional anyway.

By: johnsteele

johnsteele — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:34:09 +0000

Yeah, they should have a more thorough check for people who bring GUNS ON A PLANE.

SoulGlo on November 26, 2008 at 3:20 PM

You can have all the checks you want and the bad guys will always find a way around them — that’s why they are called bad guys. But people seem to be erfectly fine with the bad guys having guns, afterall we expect them to, but get apoplectic at the thought that honest law abiding citizens can have firearms.

By: johnsteele

johnsteele — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:27:41 +0000

The solution for this is to allow anyone with a proper firearms license from any state to fly armed. The more legally armed honest citizens in an airport or on an airplane the less chance of a hijacking.

By: manwithblackhat

manwithblackhat — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:27:40 +0000

In 2003, I took a flight from Washington DC to Seattle. On the return flight, I was picked at random for an inspection of my shoes. (Either that or they triggered an alarm or something.) Only after I arrived at BWI, got to my car, and reached for my keys, did I notice that my Swiss Army knife was on the keyring the entire time.

Ooops.