EWR TSA- "That's Not a Knife..."

Has the Newark International Airport hired Crocodile Dundee as a screener? What reason, other than a gross misconception regarding what size of blade qualifies as a knife, could explain how a serrated folding knife went through an airport checkpoint unnoticed? Do read the Full Story below to see TSA spokesperson Ann Davis describe how the TSA screener who missed the knife will receive remedial training.
Remedial?
If a TSA screener is missing knives that go through their checkpoint, they don't need remedial training they need training. This is what happens when the qualifications for being a TSA screener consist of 'must like pizza'. The Full Story below also notes how on the same day as the knife incident at Newark Liberty, TSA officers detected and removed a smoke bomb from a passenger's luggage. A 5" long smokebomb in the shape of a stick of dynamite with 'mammoth smoke' written on the side of it in brightly colored letters.
Next time Wile E. Coyote should just pack a knife.

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TSA Accidently Hires Danny Ocean

It's the TSA's best of the best of the best at it again. Per the Full Story below a SeaTac TSA agent has admitted to lifting $20k worth of passengers jewelry from their luggage.
Just like Ocean's Eleven!
Except, probably without the George Clooney looks, or the cleverly orchestrated heist plan, or the highly trained team of accomplices, or the high tech gadgetry, or the casino setting.
Ok... so it's more like the guy who steals your hubcaps while you are stopped at a traffic light- only he's employed by the government.

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TSA = T$A

At TSAFail, any story of security breaches, unscreened luggage, missed threats, evacuated airports, theft, assault, general dim-wittedness and a bad attitude would not surprise us. We have come to expect that- in fact it is why you are here reading this today.
But the thought of cash bonuses for TSA staff?
Never. Would. Have. Occured.
Oh TSA. How you keep surprising us.
Do read the Full Story below for the paragraph that outlines the $95.8M the TSA paid it's staff in bonuses last year. On average that is $2000 per TSA employee. Another way to look at it is as if each of the 735M air passengers last year each chipped in $0.13 per person, per flight.
Do we need to even mention the state of the economy last year? It makes us pine for the days that the most ineffectual government employees could botch the most important crisis of the day and get a 'Brownie, you're doing a heckuva job'. Pats on the back are free.
What could be next? Tip jars at airport security lines?

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