Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com “Austin Powers” star Verne Troyer posted a photo of TSA agents conducting what many fans considered to be an invasive search, the New York Daily News reports. Troyer, who has a dwarfism disability and rides a scooter, posted the photo on Facebook entitled, “TSA Struggles.” It shows a TSA agent conducting a…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Paramedics and others took too long to respond to last year’s shooting rampage at the Los Angeles International Airport, according to an independent report. The report indicates that paramedics took 33 minutes to get to Transportation Security Agency officer Gerardo Hernandez, 39, who was killed in the shooting. He died between two…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com “Girls” star and creator Lena Dunham was detained by the TSA recently for possessing what she considered a “cute little cat” at Los Angeles International Airport, Today reports. Dunham was carrying a “self-defense key chain.” “It’s shaped like a cat — it goes over your knuckles,” she told Seth Meyers on “Late…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Calling the shooting death of a TSA agent at Los Angeles International Airport “a profound sacrifice,” U.S. Attorney Eric Holder on Wednesday pledged there will be no “rest until justice has been done,” the Los Angeles Times reports. Holder spoke during the ceremony for Geraldo Hernandez, who became the first TSA agent…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Attorney General Eric Holder plans to speak at the funeral today of the TSA agent killed in a shooting rampage at Los Angeles International Airport, the Los Angeles Times reports. The ceremony begins at 11 a.m. at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena for Gerardo I. Hernandez, who became the first TSA…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Would travelers be safer if TSA agents were armed? The answer is no, said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who opposes the idea, UPI reports. The question was raised again after a shooting at Los Angeles International Airport over the weekend. Mass shootings “can’t be the new normal,” Holder said. “Now, that…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The gunman behind the deadly rampage at Los International Airport planned to kill multiple TSA officers to “instill fear in your traitorous minds” when he unloaded his .223-caliber assault rifle, the Associated Press reports. Gunman Paul Ciancia, an unemployed motorcycle mechanic, is heavily sedated after he was shot several times. But he…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Authorities are dumbfounded after more dry ice explosions at a Los Angeles Airport on Monday night, the Los Angeles Times reports. Investigators are trying to determine how someone placed four dry ice bombs – two of which detonated – at restricted areas. The devices apparently were found outside the terminal near planes, according…
