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CaptainAmerica
09-13-2011, 12:54 PM
STAMFORD, Conn. -- Three Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents, along with two law enforcement officers, were arrested for conspiring to ship tens of thousands of oxycodone pills from Florida to New York and Connecticut, officials said Tuesday.

The TSA agents, based at airports in Florida and New York, as well as a Westchester County police officer and a Florida state trooper allegedly received cash payments to help transport the highly addictive painkillers, The Hartford Courant reported.

Some of the officers also allegedly helped ship the profits from the illicit drug sales back to Florida, the paper reported, citing federal prosecutors in Connecticut.

The TSA said in a statement obtained by FOX News Channel that it "holds its security officers to the highest professional and ethical standards and has a zero-tolerance policy for criminal activity in the workplace."

It added, "The actions of a few individuals in no way reflect on the outstanding job our more than 50,000 security officers do every day to ensure the security of the traveling public."

Further details about the scheme were expected to be released at an afternoon press conference in Stamford, Conn




TSA still violating peoples private parts illegally and abusing their ironic ability to smuggle stuff onto private airlines.
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/tsa_officers_arrested_on_drug_charges_hyGeqc8GW8r2 7TFmGcMX6K?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME=

flightlesskiwi
09-13-2011, 12:59 PM
this article sort of reminds me of the movie Buffalo Soldiers for some reason...

CaptainAmerica
09-13-2011, 01:07 PM
this article sort of reminds me of the movie Buffalo Soldiers for some reason... I haven't seen that movie, I had no idea it existed but Ill have to check it out now sometime. I really hate TSA.

angelatc
09-13-2011, 01:10 PM
Obviously the problem is that, like the teachers, the TSA agents just aren't paid enough. They're forced to resort to drug dealing to make ends meet. If we raise their salaries, they'll do much better.

Right?

CaptainAmerica
09-13-2011, 01:14 PM
Obviously the problem is that, like the teachers, the TSA agents just aren't paid enough. They're forced to resort to drug dealing to make ends meet. If we raise their salaries, they'll do much better.

Right?
Actually, most TSA agents have records on them to begin with and they are attracted to how easy it is to become a TSA agent and get some government cheese and authority.

pcosmar
09-13-2011, 01:15 PM
this article sort of reminds me of the movie Buffalo Soldiers for some reason...

I assume you mean this,,
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252299/

Drug running by Government actors is not at all unknown. A commonly known fact even.

But when I think of Buffalo Soldiers I think,


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5FCdx7Dn0o

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Soldier

pcosmar
09-13-2011, 01:24 PM
Long term problem,,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_drug_trafficking


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b6kf5PIzX4


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBh_hzU-jdI

flightlesskiwi
09-13-2011, 04:56 PM
I assume you mean this,,
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252299/

Drug running by Government actors is not at all unknown. A commonly known fact even.

But when I think of Buffalo Soldiers I think,


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5FCdx7Dn0o

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Soldier

yeah, i meant the 2001 movie. i knew about the Buffalo Soldiers in the US Army... i never really understood why the movie was named so. horrible choice, imo. the movie is very dark, and while some would be offended by it, i was quite amused when i saw it.

funny thing: rumor has it the movie was shelved per a .gov request due to the 9/11 attacks.

Tarzan
09-13-2011, 05:04 PM
Doesn't the Rush Limburger baby live in New York or maybe Connecticut???
hmmm? I wonder if there is a connection.

acptulsa
09-13-2011, 05:05 PM
That was what the regiment was called at the time--Buffalo Soldiers. The reason why is a bit of trivia outside of my repertoire. And the TSA gets a huge percentage of its employees from the ranks of people who would otherwise do the same thing they do for pay and go to jail for it.

torchbearer
09-13-2011, 05:20 PM
I was actually about to mention Jamaica, the customs agents are in on the black market trade.

flightlesskiwi
09-13-2011, 05:20 PM
That was what the regiment was called at the time--Buffalo Soldiers. The reason why is a bit of trivia outside of my repertoire. And the TSA gets a huge percentage of its employees from the ranks of people who would otherwise do the same thing they do for pay and go to jail for it.

very very true.