TSA Prankster Who Allegedly Planted Powder Out Of Job

January 22nd, 2010 admin

According to FoxPhilly News, an apparent practical joke at Philadelphia International Airport security is no laughing matter for a Wynnewood college student and the Transportation Security Administration. Rebecca Solomon said the screener planted a small plastic bag filled with white powder in her laptop case before she boarded a flight back to school in Michigan earlier This story comes to us via Homeland Security


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