TSA discovery prompts New York bomb scare - six hours later

[alp227]

A New York airport screener who removed two pipes from a traveler's bag and set them aside Monday morning prompted a security scare six hours later when the next shift saw the pipes and feared they might be pipe bombs, local and federal officials said.

The incident at New York's LaGuardia Airport began at 11:30 a.m. when a screener discovered unidentifiable items inside a passenger's carry-on bag. The officer screened the item for explosives, determined them not to be a threat and cleared the passenger through the checkpoint, a Transportation Security Administration official said.

But the officer prevented the metal item from going through because of its "material and appearance," a TSA official said.

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Several law enforcement sources told CNN the objects were determined to be homeopathic medical devices.

full: http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/30/us/new-york-bomb-scare/index.html

[Owlet]

1. TSA! TSA! TSA!

Louder, people, I can't here you!

"TSA officials said the checkpoint was not closed, nor was the terminal evacuated, during the incident. The bomb squad was called "out of an abundance of caution," the TSA said."

You gotta love it. Translation: Overreaction.

[hobbit709]

2. "an abundance of caution"

That means they panicked because nobody knew what was going on and are now trying to cover their asses.

[Broderick]

3. So medical devices were stolen by the TSA?

That's what I am reading beyond the absolute waste of tax dollars by this out of control fascist organization stealing the rights of Americans, pat down by pat down by stolen stuff by humiliation by intimidation. We live in nazi Germany I swear.

[pinboy3niner]

4. Does this mean TSA is...homeophobic?

[Thor_MN]

5. While I really, really do not want to know how these "devices" are used,

just how did the TSA determine they were "homeopathic medical devices"? Did they spontaneously cure someone? From the looks of them, they could only cure severe copper or zinc deficiencies. I suppose they could have have antimold and antifungal properties...

Makes me wonder how much they cost the owner...

[MineralMan]

6. They're used to "Oxygenate" water.

That bogus concept has been around for a very long time, dating back to the quack device called the "Oxydonor."

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