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Friday, July 11, 2008 12:00 AM

Ask the pilot

Propped up by a culture of fear, TSA has become a bureaucracy with too much power and little accountability. Where will the lunacy stop?
By Patrick Smith

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  • Saturday, July 12, 2008 03:24 AM

    More on airline security

    I once had a 5 mm allen wrench confiscated by airline security. They offered to let me take it back to the check-in counter and put it in my luggage but I figured these folks are on the front lines. You never know when they may need that little baby to fight terrorists.

    —Drew in Delaware Read Drew in Delaware's other letters

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