TSA Employee Caught With $200K Worth of Stolen Property 655
The plane moves me or I move the plane? writes "After years of people complaining about their luggage locks being broken in the name of the Transportation Security Administration, and after countless properly-stowed utilities and tools had been scrutinized from a paranoid point of view, an employee of the TSA (which is part of the Department of Homeland Security) has been captured with evidence of over $200,000 worth of stolen property he was selling on eBay. With the help of local police and the USPS, a search of his house found a great deal of property pilfered from the un-witnessed searches that occurred after luggage had been checked, where the rightful owner was not allowed. 'Among the items seized were 66 cameras, 31 laptop computers, 20 cell phones, 17 sets of electronic games, 13 pieces of jewelry, 12 GPS devices, 11 MP3 players, eight camera lenses, six video cameras and two DVD players, the affidavit said.'"
Tis the season.. (Score:2, Funny)
And a partridge in a pear... TREEEEEEEEE!
All of the MacBook Airs are mine... (Score:1, Funny)
As well as any loose cash. I'm missing several million, so it may not all be there.
Re:thieves standing around (Score:5, Funny)
66 cameras, 31 laptop computers, 20 cell phones, 17 sets of electronic games, 13 pieces of jewelry, 12 GPS devices, 11 MP3 players, eight camera lenses, six video cameras and two DVD players
$200K? That can't be right. 11 MP3's are worth that much according to the RIAA.
Re:flying sux (Score:5, Funny)
But Ebay is great: A++++ seller, would buy from him again!
Let me say this: I am shocken, truly SHOCKED, ... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Government sanctioned theft. (Score:2, Funny)
You could just fedex it. Unless your time is worth less than like, $5 an hour.
The guy did a great job of keeping our kids safe (Score:5, Funny)
Imagine all the photographs of naked children that could be taken with 66 cameras.
Imagine all the child porn that could be download/stored/viewed using 31 laptop computers.
Imagine all the phone calls paedophiles could make with 20 cell phones.
Imagine all the children that could be lured into a paedophiles house with 17 sets of electronic games, and 13 pieces of jewellery.
Imagine all the children that could be tracked with 12 GPS devices.
Imagine all the children that could be deafened by paedophiles letting children use 11 MP3 players at high volume.
Imagine the sick movies made and viewed using six video cameras and two DVD players.
And the eight camera lenses......dear God the eight camera lenses!!!
Re:flying sux (Score:5, Funny)
Cheer up. At least you don't get tased to death.
Re:Now, there's an interesting statistic... (Score:3, Funny)
Because that would cost money. If they had to pay their employees a reasonable salary they'd have to pass the cost on to somebody. So rather than every passenger paying a couple dollars more a flight, they just lose stuff out of random bags.
It's a lottery style payment scheme.
Re:Tis the season.. (Score:5, Funny)
I'd rather have someone respond than be modded up.
Your post was funny.
Slashdot..say it ain't so (Score:3, Funny)
How dare you criticize anything the administration does during any of the wars they fraudulently start.
If you criticize anything you're with the terrorists.
It's all being stolen for your security.
Most of that equipment could be used to access or record information that could undermine the current administration with stuff like facts.
Re:thieves standing around (Score:5, Funny)
You shove your laptop, camera and phone up your ass?
Re:flying sux (Score:5, Funny)
Re:thieves standing around (Score:5, Funny)
You can see up your ass?
Re:thieves standing around (Score:5, Funny)
Re:thieves standing around (Score:5, Funny)
Soon, it is only going to be safe and easy to take whatever you can carry in your pockets or shove up your ass.
So you're saying that the watch my dad wore in Vietnam is the only thing safe when I'm traveling?
Re:thieves standing around (Score:5, Funny)
Then again maybe the TSA employee felt it was Christmas everyday. Hohoho.
Re:A perfectly good argument... (Score:3, Funny)
FWIW, you can carry arbitrary sized bottles labeled saline solution for your contacts.
Note that they need only be labeled as saline solution, you can put whatever you want in them.
See this story [slashdot.org] where the guy brought two big bottles labeled saline solution and when the TSA gangsta asked him, "why two?" he said "one for each eye" and the gangsta let him pass.
Re:Who watches (Score:2, Funny)
Are you sure that isn't "Who is guarding the custards?"
Re:thieves standing around (Score:5, Funny)
I choose vibrate
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Re:thieves standing around (Score:1, Funny)
There have been 0 completed acts of terrorism in the US since 2001
Fixed that for you. Don't think that 0 attacks on the news is for the terrorists' lack of trying.
You're also missing the fact that there hasn't been a single fatality from a Unicorn stabbing or a Dragon breath weapon attack on a US citizen since W was elected. You need to give the man the credit he's due.
Re:Who watches (Score:2, Funny)
Re:thieves standing around (Score:5, Funny)
The partridge and the pear tree were both confiscated after being detected by sniffer dogs patrols operated by the Department of Agriculture. They are now being cared for at the local zoo. At this time the DoA would like to remind all air travellers not to bring in non-native species to any location they are travelling to.
Re:Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Score:1, Funny)
The TSA has a clever scheme to keep out bad guys. First they give an IQ test and anyone smart enough to lie about being a terrorist is rejected. Then they ask, "Are you a terrorist?"
Re:thieves standing around (Score:5, Funny)
You can see up your ass?
It's always good to have hindsight !
Re:thieves standing around (Score:4, Funny)
Doesn't the TSA offer to do that for you? Maybe I just asked them too many questions...
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Re:thieves standing around (Score:3, Funny)
Violence != Terrorism.
9/11 changed everything, remember?
Re:thieves standing around (Score:1, Funny)
Fixed.
Re:thieves standing around (Score:2, Funny)
...because people are fucking sheep.
Let's hope they have OTHER hobbies as well...
Re:thieves standing around (Score:5, Funny)
because people are fucking sheep.
Eeeeeewww... I did not know that bestiality was rampant in the USA now.
No wonder all you people ignore what is going on, you to busy shagging sheep to notice.
Re:thieves standing around (Score:2, Funny)
we could, but we *won't*..we won't throw these fucking tyrants out because, because people are fucking sheep.
The sheep asked for it.
Re:thieves standing around (Score:3, Funny)