Strangely Absent
Some TSA stats for us to swallow:
Tom Blank, assistant administrator for transportation security policy, testified before Congress last week that the Transportation Security Administration has intercepted more than 1,650 firearms, more than 3 million knives and more than 57,000 incendiary devices since shortly after the terrorist hijackings on Sept. 11, 2001.
No word on how many toenail clippers, paper clips, scissors, or sewing equipment was confiscated. No count on how many violations of civil liberties either.
February 19th, 2004 at 3:18 pm
57,000 incendiary devices
read matches/lighters…I feel safe now.
February 19th, 2004 at 3:28 pm
They will, however, now allow little old ladies on planes carrying those vicious aluminum knitting needles.
Someone explained to the TSA that there really isn’t any reason to fear that one of them will knit an Afghan.
(*rimshot!*)