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The treasures from airport security

Posted at 12:47 PM on March 11, 2013 by Bob Collins (0 Comments)
Filed under: Aviation

Someday, there'll be a fascinating study on the psychology of people who try to get stuff past airport security.

Somebody last week thought this would be a blast to try to sneak through, the TSA blog reports:

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It's not really a bomb vest; it just looks like one.

It was another week of confiscation of inert hand grenades too -- seven in all.

None came out of Minneapolis-St. Paul, although people trying to sneak stun guns through came in for special mention, as did the guy who joked about having a gun.


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