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TSA to fine Chicago for handcuff incident

RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
edited July 2008 in A Moving Train
cool... a bonafide airport shake down...

It's rumored one of the arresting officers was overheard saying...

"...well that's how they woulda did it if they had an airport scene in pulp fiction boss..."

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"U.S. transportation authorities want to fine the city of Chicago $10,000 for allegedly handcuffing and detaining federal undercover inspectors, sources say.

CHICAGO, July 22 (UPI) -- U.S. transportation authorities want to fine the city of Chicago $10,000 for allegedly handcuffing and detaining federal undercover inspectors, sources say.

Inspectors from the U.S. Transportation Security Administration were conducting an undercover assessment of security at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport when they were seized and handcuffed by unarmed officers working for the city's aviation department, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Tuesday.

The newspaper said the officers refused to let the TSA agents go even after they identified themselves as federal security officials, unnamed sources told the newspaper. As a result, the TSA is recommending a $10,000 fine against the city.

"We followed protocol regarding unauthorized entry into a secure area at the airport. No fine has been assessed" yet by the TSA,"

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/07/22/TSA_to_fine_Chicago_for_handcuff_incident/UPI-46961216750460/
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  • jeffbrjeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    Nice! On one hand I love that the TSA was inconvenienced, since their mission is to inconvenience the rest of us. On the other hand, I'm not happy that people who speak like this:
    "...well that's how they woulda did it "

    somehow get jobs in the airport and carry cuffs.

    If they could somehow detain each other indefinitely we could get back to unencumbered travel like the good ole days.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • Kel VarnsenKel Varnsen Posts: 1,952
    How is this not considered a successful drill? I mean undercover TSA officers snoop around secure areas of airport to test security, airport security officers catch them and arrest them, holding them until their identities can be confirmed by supervisors. I mean isn't that exactly what airport security should be doing when they find people snooping around in an airport?

    And as far as not releasing them why should the security officers take their word that they are undercover agents? That is like someone arresting me and me telling them I am an undercover cop, and the guy letting me go without checking my story first.
  • NevermindNevermind Posts: 1,006
    Fuck the TSA. Everytime I have to use an airport they pull me aside for extra searching. 5 out of 5.
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    jeffbr wrote:
    Nice! On one hand I love that the TSA was inconvenienced, since their mission is to inconvenience the rest of us. On the other hand, I'm not happy that people who speak like this:

    "...well that's how they woulda did it " ( if they had an airport scene in pulp fiction boss...")

    somehow get jobs in the airport and carry cuffs.

    If they could somehow detain each other indefinitely we could get back to unencumbered travel like the good ole days.

    In bold...

    Sorry....that part was my artistic freedom...few beers tonight... I figured I'd toss in a little Samuel Jackson Pulp Fiction thing....
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • jeffbrjeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    In bold...

    Sorry....that part was my artistic freedom...few beers tonight... I figured I'd toss in a little Samuel Jackson Pulp Fiction thing....

    LOL! OK, I feel a little better about Chicago now.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    Fly on private planes NO security involved at ALL. Only twice have I been asked to show ID out of 15X on private flights. That was by the pilot.

    Peace
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  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    g under p wrote:
    Fly on private planes NO security involved at ALL. Only twice have I been asked to show ID out of 15X on private flights. That was by the pilot.

    Peace

    You CIA guys and your lavish expense account privileges....
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

    http://i36.tinypic.com/66j31x.jpg

    (\__/)
    ( o.O)
    (")_(")
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    You CIA guys and your lavish expense account privileges....

    Well you know we have to keep up with our secret extraordinary renditions program ya know. :) I have a trip going to Egypt in a couple of days like theone Canadian Maher Arar had.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


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