• By Sean Fallon
    Jul 15, 2009 6:20 PM 20,532
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    You Definitely Don't Want to Tell Airport Security About the Volatility of Laptop Batteries

    Homeland Security: We Can Still Search Your Laptop, But We'll be Nicer About It
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    TSA Uses Decoy Luggage To Bust Airline Laptop Thieves

    This is why you don't check valuables people. A TSA officer and baggage handler working at JFK airport were recently busted stealing a MacBook Air and a T-Mobile Sidekick out of decoy luggage.

    Both suspects were filmed by authorities rummaging through luggage bound for Miami on July 7th. They also switched luggage tags in a futile attempt to hide their crimes. The pair faces up to 4 years in prison if convicted—giving them plenty of time to swap stories with this guy. [Daily News via Gothamist via The Consumerist / Image via Flickr]


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