TSA: Daggers hidden in book at Reagan Airport

***Ynot Shane*** · 12-20-2011, 08:41 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Transportation Security Administration says officers found two throwing daggers hidden in a hollowed-out book at a checkpoint at Reagan-Washington National Airport....

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Robotazy · 12-20-2011, 09:13 PM

Well, it's one way to fake a papercut.

***CaptHayfever*** · 12-21-2011, 01:06 AM

True story: The baggage scanners which have been in place for decades caught that. None of the post-9/11 security enhancements were necessary to make this collar.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

***Cosmonautical*** · 12-21-2011, 05:24 PM

Yeah, not enough emphasis is placed on how little increases in security measures have actually prevented hijackings. Pretty much all of them in recent history have been prevented by traditional equipment and worker diligence.

***Booyakasha*** · 12-21-2011, 09:56 PM

I'm given to understand the Israelis don't have many problems at their airports. Likely because they have highly trained professionals watching the crowd for suspicious activity. Some would see that as an improvement on the 'legions of rent-a-cops strip-searching dear little babushkas and patting down four-year-olds' model, I guess.

12-20-2011, 08:41 PM	#1
*Ynot Shane* Not Ready to Make Nice Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Flaflooga Gender: Posts: 132,163 Thanks: 46 Thanked 604 Times in 317 Posts	TSA: Daggers hidden in book at Reagan Airport WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Transportation Security Administration says officers found two throwing daggers hidden in a hollowed-out book at a checkpoint at Reagan-Washington National Airport.... More... __________________ Remember that book store? Well, they became one of those books and coffee places, and now they're just coffee. It's like evolution, only without getting the better part.

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Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	Well, it's one way to fake a papercut.

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*CaptHayfever* Smash SuperMod Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: (n) - the place where I am Gender: Posts: 27,659 Thanks: 1,991 Thanked 2,486 Times in 1,513 Posts	True story: The baggage scanners which have been in place for decades caught that. None of the post-9/11 security enhancements were necessary to make this collar. And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

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*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Yeah, not enough emphasis is placed on how little increases in security measures have actually prevented hijackings. Pretty much all of them in recent history have been prevented by traditional equipment and worker diligence.

12-21-2011, 09:56 PM	#5
*Booyakasha* SuperMod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 9,945 Thanks: 157 Thanked 1,481 Times in 763 Posts	I'm given to understand the Israelis don't have many problems at their airports. Likely because they have highly trained professionals watching the crowd for suspicious activity. Some would see that as an improvement on the 'legions of rent-a-cops strip-searching dear little babushkas and patting down four-year-olds' model, I guess.