More TSA follies: Bomb squad called in at Atlanta airport over battery-powered toothbrush

Posted by Robert on January 6, 2013 3:55 AM

The Council on American-Dentistry Relations has issued an outraged press release calling for an investigation of toothbrushophobia at high levels of the TSA.

More TSA follies [1] here and [2] here and [3] here. [4] Close down the TSA!

"Battery-powered toothbrush prompts airport scare: A bomb squad responded," from the [5] Associated Press, January 4 (thanks to Maxwell):

ATLANTA (AP) — The tick-tick-ticking sound of a bag alarmed employees at the world's busiest airport, but it has turned out to be nothing more than a passenger's toothbrush.

The battery-powered toothbrush was responsible for the sound that gave rise to fears of a bomb at Atlanta's airport Friday morning. It led police to cordon off a section of the north terminal while a bomb squad responded....

Article printed from Jihad Watch: http://www.jihadwatch.org/2013/01/more-tsa-follies-bomb-squad-called-in-at-atlanta-airport-over-battery-powered-toothbrush.html

URLs in this post:
[1] http://www.jihadwatch.org/2012/08/tsa-detains-man-with-facial-palsy-for-refusing-to-disclose-where-he-was-going-and-why.html
[2] http://www.jihadwatch.org/2012/08/newark-tsa-allows-woman-who-tested-positive-for-explosive-residue-to-board-flight-to-cleveland.html
[3] http://www.jihadwatch.org/2012/07/jfk-airport-terminal-evacuated-and-hundreds-of-passengers-re-screened-after-muslim-tsa-employee-leav.html
[4] http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/07/close_down_the_tsa.html
[5] http://www.wpri.com/dpps/news/strange_news/battery-powered-toothbrush-prompts-airport-scare-nd13-jgr_5273702