airport-security
Here Is the Gun That Got Ted Nugent's Wife Arrested
Camille Dodero · 09/05/13 08:20AMOne week ago, Shemane Nugent was arrested at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport after TSA agents found a .38-caliber handgun in her carry-on bag. Her lawyer justified his client's lapsed judgment as an “honest mistake” to the Dallas Morning News, explaining that the 51-year-old, who has a concealed-carry license, woke up early for her flight and “completely forgot or never knew the weapon was in her bag.” The firearm was loaded.
Man Fails to Smuggle Pet Turtle Disguised as Pet Hamburger onto Plane
Caity Weaver · 08/02/13 03:46PMTSA Agent Keeps Woman Off Plane Because He Doesn't Like Her Attitude
Louis Peitzman · 09/09/12 01:26PMNothing Technically Wrong with Smuggling Fetuses in Your Luggage
Caity Weaver · 03/27/12 11:03PMVideo Shows Exactly How Full of Shit Rand Paul Was About Being 'Detained'
Max Read · 01/26/12 11:40AMThe security camera video of Kentucky Senator Rand Paul's encounter with Nashville airport TSA agents is here, complete with wacky libertarian captions, so now you can make your own determination about how full of shit he was when he told his communications manager he was being detained by the TSA. Our verdict: still totally full of shit.
Rand Paul Is So Full of Shit About Being 'Detained' by the TSA
Max Read · 01/23/12 01:11PMKentucky Senator Rand Paul (of the Paul Libertarian Blimp Empire) hates the TSA. It's his "signature issue" — his contentious questioning about the agency's aggressive security policies got him a lot of positive press among internet conservatives and libertarians last year. So must have been really excited, just, positively tumescent when TSA agents asked to pat him down this morning, and he refused. "Just got a call from @senrandpaul. He's currently being detained by TSA in Nashville," his communications director Moira Bagley Tweeted shortly after. The only thing is, though, Rand Paul was never actually "detained" by the TSA.
TSA Agent Leaves Nice Note After Finding Rapper's Weed
Max Read · 12/16/11 09:45AMTSA baggage screeners: not all bad! Sure, it was really creepy when one found Jill Filiopvic's vibrator and left a note saying "get your freak on girl." But wasn't he (or she) just encouraging Filipovic to take care of herself? And listen to this testimonial from rapper Freddie Gibbs, who was cautioned against overindulgence by a baggage screener at the Denver International Airport:
The Former President of India is Not a Terrorist, Guys
Max Read · 11/13/11 02:01PMPlayboy Playmate Arrested for Bringing Loaded Gun to Airport
Maureen O'Connor · 08/11/11 02:43PMTSA Agents Now Making Elderly Women Remove Their Adult Diapers
Lauri Apple · 06/26/11 12:36PMTaking disabled people's toys, exposing women's breasts, making women remove their prosthetic breasts: seems TSA agents never stop figuring out new ways to be sadistic. Now comes word that some agents made a wheelchair-bound, 95-year-old woman with final-stage leukemia take off her adult diaper for pat-down purposes.
Brooklyn Man Kicked off Airplane for Swearing
Maureen O'Connor · 06/13/11 01:40PMSitting in an airplane on a tarmac in Detroit, lifelong Brooklynite Robert Sayegh turned to his seatmate and said, "What's taking so fucking long to close the overheard compartments?" Shortly thereafter, the pilot turned the airplane around. Police removed Sayegh from the plane for being "disruptive."