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Are You Crazy or Just Dumb? 5 of the Weirdest Items Confiscated by the TSA

Alyssa Kramer — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 12:32:37 +0000

It’s hard to know what to expect when going through airport security. Sometimes you’re able to waltz right through without a second glance. Other times, you find yourself being interrogated for a suspicious used Kleenex in your purse ("Ma’am, I’m afraid you’re going to have to check these boogers"). Either way, it’s important to know what’s allowed and not allowed on a plane. For example, a hairbrush? OK. A stun gun disguised as a pink phone? Maybe not.

You Won't Believe What the TSA Confiscated in 2011

Kathy Landin — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:56:21 +0000

We haven’t heard anything from the TSA about how many actual terrorist plots it prevented in 2011. In fact, we have no real report on how much safer it was to fly around the country in 2011 because of the efforts of our favorite, invasive security agency. What we do have, though, is a list of the ridiculous things they have taken from Americans who dare to forget what they’ve been carrying in their carry-ons.

Airport Scanners Can See Through Everything – Except Paper

Jillian Benedict — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:00:14 +0000

Like many people out there, you may have to travel via airplane this holiday season. But while you’re packing gifts into your metal, bulletproof Samsonite luggage set, you better make sure that they remain unwrapped. That’s right. You see, while the super-sensitive, able-to-penetrate-Kevlar (and your underwear) rays can see through just about anything, they apparently [...]

Cash In On Items Left Behind At Airports

Greg Karcher — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:47:01 +0000

Have you ever wondered what happens to the stuff that TSA confiscates or is just left behind at the airport? Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials gather mounds and mounds of surrendered items each year, from lotions and perfumes to knives, bats and more.