How about bruce lee and Mr. Myagee? On Nov 22, 5:41 pm, THE ANNOINTED ONE <[email protected]> wrote: > Another TSA Outrage > Posted by Erick Erickson (Profile) > Thursday, November 18th at 6:28PM EST > 106 Comments > UPDATE: I’m getting a lot of emails asking if this is actually true > and is this person actually someone I know. (1) Yes it is true — it is > too absurd to be made up. (2) Yes, I know the person. > > ——– > > A friend of mine sent me this about his TSA experience. He, unlike > most of us, was coming back into the country from Afghanistan on a > military charter. > > ——– > > As the Chalk Leader for my flight home from Afghanistan, I witnessed > the following: > > When we were on our way back from Afghanistan, we flew out of Baghram > Air Field. We went through customs at BAF, full body scanners (no > groping), had all of our bags searched, the whole nine yards. > > Our first stop was Shannon, Ireland to refuel. After that, we had to > stop at Indianapolis, Indiana to drop off about 100 folks from the > Indiana National Guard. That’s where the stupid started. > > First, everyone was forced to get off the plane–even though the plane > wasn’t refueling again. All 330 people got off that plane, rather than > let the 100 people from the ING get off. We were filed from the plane > to a holding area. No vending machines, no means of escape. Only a > male/female latrine. > > It’s probably important to mention that we were ALL carrying weapons. > Everyone was carrying an M4 Carbine (rifle) and some, like me, were > also carrying an M9 pistol. Oh, and our gunners had M-240B machine > guns. Of course, the weapons weren’t loaded. And we had been cleared > of all ammo well before we even got to customs at Baghram, then AGAIN > at customs. > > The TSA personnel at the airport seriously considered making us unload > all of the baggage from the SECURE cargo hold to have it reinspected. > Keep in mind, this cargo had been unpacked, inspected piece by piece > by U.S. Customs officials, resealed and had bomb-sniffing dogs give it > a one-hour run through. After two hours of sitting in this holding > area, the TSA decided not to reinspect our Cargo–just to inspect us > again: Soldiers on the way home from war, who had already been > inspected, reinspected and kept in a SECURE holding area for 2 hours. > Ok, whatever. So we lined up to go through security AGAIN. > > This is probably another good time to remind you all that all of us > were carrying actual assault rifles, and some of us were also carrying > pistols. > > So we’re in line, going through one at a time. One of our Soldiers had > his Gerber multi-tool. TSA confiscated it. Kind of ridiculous, but it > gets better. A few minutes later, a guy empties his pockets and has a > pair of nail clippers. Nail clippers. TSA informs the Soldier that > they’re going to confiscate his nail clippers. The conversation went > something like this: > > TSA Guy: You can’t take those on the plane. > > Soldier: What? I’ve had them since we left country. > > TSA Guy: You’re not suppose to have them. > > Soldier: Why? > > TSA Guy: They can be used as a weapon. > > Soldier: [touches butt stock of the rifle] But this actually is a > weapon. And I’m allowed to take it on. > > TSA Guy: Yeah but you can’t use it to take over the plane. You don’t > have bullets. > > Soldier: And I can take over the plane with nail clippers? > > TSA Guy: [awkward silence] > > Me: Dude, just give him your damn nail clippers so we can get the f**k > out of here. I’ll buy you a new set. > > Soldier: [hands nail clippers to TSA guy, makes it through security] > > This might be a good time to remind everyone that approximately 233 > people re-boarded that plane with assault rifles, pistols, and machine > guns–but nothing that could have been used as a weapon.
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