Jeff Holzman Gets The TSA Shuffle
I just learned of a disgusting incident that happened in 2009 to an old friend of mine -- a guy I've known since my teens who I consider to have sterling integrity.
Here's the Fox story of how the TSA accused Jeff Holzman of stealing his own watch -- a $1,000 Tag-Heuer that the TSA workers made him take off.
And here's the video proving he didn't do it (the video the TSA supe lied about -- saying it showed Jeff pocketing the watch):
Inside theft is a very legitimate concern when going through the TSA lines. It outweighs health but obvious not the civil liberties violations and family safety issues. A friend who consulted and trained for post-9/11 airline security made it clear at the onset of the new post-9/11 "order" that we always had a right and need to keep a line of sight to your belongings for this very reason. The new scanners, especially the backscatters make such self-vigilance difficult and with some of the checkpoints nearly impossible, and I don't doubt for a minute that TSA, other airline employees and predatory travelers know this and see this as opportunity (as this case demonstrates). And since TSA as policy does not necessarily share theft information with LEOs including those such as the one who intervened in *this* case, the thieves among them have a protected racket.
Bill at January 4, 2012 4:05 PM
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