[IP] more on Armed Pilot's Gun Goes Missing

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

From: Dan Wing <dwing@fuggles.com>

Part of the problem is unlocked bags and complete untracability to which
TSA agent performed a physical search.  I can assure you that unlocked
bags are causing more contents to reappropriate themselves -- cameras,
lenses, dive equipment, and other valuable items.

Over Christmas several of our bags had their cable-ties removed and the
contents were rearranged (including a shampoo bottle removed from its
plastic bag, which then leaked over clothing -- tank you very much).  And
there was no 'note' from the TSA that the bag was searched.  Even if there
was such a note, there is no recourse for damaged or lost contents.

As for the new TSA-approved "locks" (which they can unlock), it doesn't
change the problem much, as the keys will become commonly available to
non-TSA baggage handlers.  Also, these TSA-approved locks would have to be
distributed worldwide if other governments also decided they need to
physically search the high percentage of bags that the TSA is (in my
experience) searching.  The weakness of the TSA-approved locks is the
traveler cannot determine if their bag was opened and had illegal contents
inserted or had contents removed.

-d 

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