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Posted: 11:59 AM Jul 4, 2009
TSA Agent Arrested After Avoiding Screening in NJ
A Transportation Security Administration agent was arrested at a New Jersey airport after authorities say she avoided a pre-flight screening and boarded a plane.
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A Transportation Security Administration agent was arrested at a New Jersey airport after authorities say she avoided a pre-flight screening and boarded a plane.
Authorities say Wanda Weems of Newark was detained Friday morning at Newark Liberty International Airport after she boarded a
Continental Airlines flight bound for Houston.
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey spokesman John Kelly
said Saturday that a subsequent investigation by agency police found she was wanted on traffic-related warrants. The agency operates the airport.
The flight was delayed for more than an hour as each passenger was taken off the plane and screened again.
It's unclear why Weems avoided the screenings. TSA officials didn't immediately return telephone calls seeking comment Saturday.
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This happens at airports all over the country. I am in the airline industry and routinely see TSA people bypassing security screening against policy. I have questioned it many times and get a lot of crap about how they have background checks or are working the checkpoints. People would be shocked if they actually knew who some of the facts about these "trusted" screeners and what they get away with. Most are very good, but some are totally abusing their position.
