From a summary at Boing Boing:

A TSA agent at the Philadelphia International Airport slipped a baggie full of white powder into an unsuspecting passenger’s baggage, then terrorized her when he “found” it, before announcing that he was just kidding. When she complained to airport security, she was dismissed because “the TSA worker had been training the staff to detect contraband.”

From Philly.com:

A TSA worker was staring at her. He motioned her toward him.

Then he pulled a small, clear plastic bag from her carry-on – the sort of baggie that a pair of earrings might come in. Inside the bag was fine, white powder.

She remembers his words: “Where did you get it?”

Also: “Man in airport screening incident no longer TSA worker”

But I doubt the problems with the TSA will go away. After all, they have a monopoly on pushing people around at airports, and being generally (and even criminally) irresponsible. Just a few other recent TSA stories …

A police detective went through airport security to have his watch taken by a TSA guy for “closer screening.” He never saw the watch again. Apparently upon closer inspection from the TSA employee, the watch was found to be valued at $5,000.

… “I immediately extend my hand to get the watch back at which point he says to me ‘no the watch has to go through the screening process, go through the x-ray machine on the conveyor belt,’ which didn’t make sense. He took the watch separately and put it into its own individual bowl and not only did he not put it with the rest of my stuff, he put it behind the next family that was behind me.”

It would be the last time the detective would ever see his $5,000 watch. …

Another recent story: “TSA guard in security breach called model employee”

A guard whose failure to see a man bypass security at the Newark airport led to major delays and harsh criticism of the Transportation Security Administration was described Friday by the union representing him as a “model employee.”