You can't get anything by these guys!
On its blog (source of the picture), the TSA seemed to be giving itself a mild pat on the back for finding this:
The contents of a checked bag at Indianapolis (IND) drew our officer’s attention: After alarming in the X-ray, our officers discovered 30 electric matches, a bag of potassium chlorate in the original packaging, a bag of titanium powder in the original packaging, a bag of powder that appeared to be a mixture of potassium chlorate and titanium powder, and a vest that appeared to be a suicide vest. All of the items were inert and the passenger was an explosives instructor.
Good work, defenders of freedom! Personnel once trusted at most with delivering our nation's pizzas have clearly been reforged into a crack army of security specialists who not only stand vigilant against the mortal threats posed by disabled children, the elderly, highly attractive young women, flashcards, snow globes and the occasional frozen chicken wearing a mining helmet, but are also competent to foil any attempt to smuggle packages containing 30 electric matches, a bag of potassium chlorate in the original packaging, a bag of titanium powder in the original packaging, a bag of powder that appeared to be a mixture of potassium chlorate and titanium powder, and a vest that appeared to be a suicide vest probably because it was specifically designed by an explosives instructor to appear to be a suicide vest past security by the cunning method of checking that package in at the ticket counter.
We rest easy knowing that naught shall escape your searching gaze.
On the other hand—"After alarming in the X-ray, our officers discovered"? What were your officers doing in the X-ray machine?I Get them out so they can search things!
Now I feel nervous again.
