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[madoka]

The TSA Manger was heard yelling, "Enough is enough! I have had it with these motherfing snacks on this motherfing plane!"

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A Massachusetts woman who flew home from Las Vegas this week says an airport security officer confiscated her frosted cupcake because he thought its vanilla-bourbon icing could be a "security risk."

Rebecca Hains told ABCNews.com today that a Transportation Security Administration agent at Las Vegas- McCarran International Airport seized her cupcake, saying the frosting sitting atop the red velvet cake was gel-like enough to violate regulations.

Hains, a teacher, said the cupcake was a gift from one of her students. She was traveling with her husband and toddler, and thought her young son might get hungry on the long trip home.

The cupcake was packaged in a glass container with a metal lid, which was why it attracted the attention of the scanner in the first place.

The TSA agent didn't know what to do with the cupcake, so she called over her supervisor, Hains said.

"The TSA supervisor, Robert Epps, was using really bad logic - he said it counted as a gel-like substance because it was conforming to the shape of its container."

"We also had a small pile of hummus sandwiches with creamy fillings, which made it through, but the cupcake with its frosting was apparently a terrorist threat�I just don't know what world he was living in," said Hains, speaking of the TSA officer.

"The TSA at Logan Airport said the cupcakes looked delicious and told us to have a great trip. But in Las Vegas, they were dangerous. They shouldn't be delicious in one part of the country and a security threat in the other."

Hains called the TSA "security theater."

"You'd expect them to be consistent. If they're doing what they claim to be doing and actually protecting travelers, they would be applying their rules using critical thinking. He gave no indication that really thought the cupcake was a threat."

[pedrotaves]

if before the shoe bomber they had enforced a policy that required everyone have their shoes scanned, people would've laughed. would we prefer that the tsa didn't do things just because they didn't want to inconvenience passengers? get over yourself

[weso1]

Look people, if I were a terrorist and I intended to blow up a plane with a gel-like explosive, hiding it in plain site as the icing on a cupcake is genius. Almost as genius as hiding it as a liquid in a water bottle.... oh wait, they already did that.

You have to remember, there are still crazy people out there, trying to find any hole in security possible to carry out their bat sh*t crazy plans of Jihad. Literally, people sit around all day just thinking of ways to bomb or take down planes. Remember the shoe bomber and the guys that hid explosives in ink printers on a cargo plane? Face it, we never saw that coming and only got lucky someone didn't get killed. It never occurred to anyone to check that. We are constantly a few steps behind these guys. Hiding in plain site is the new norm.

And as far as these far right wing nut extremists wanting to just strip search any brown skinned person with a beard or turban - again, if I was going to blow up a plane, I'd find the most nondescript, white, middle of America looking person possible. I'd have him shave, get a clean haircut, wear some nice khakis and a polo and fit the stereotype of every cheesy white person ever. He'd skate through security and wage havoc while everyone else was paranoid about the Muslim guys in turbans.

It's so cliche, but really, think outside the box.

[Porksta]

I didn't even think you could take opened food to the terminals.

[Unposter]

Airlines are trying to save money by giving people the choice to either purchase meals and snacks or bring it yourself, so yes, you can bring food into the terminal and onto an airplane.

You cannot bring any liquids onto a plane. Airlines must provide drinks.

She raises a good point about consistancy. If it is allowed in one terminal but not in another, there is a problem. Maybe, it has to do with the definition of what is a security threat. Bringing that to light is important and valuable.

My next question is why the security could not test it for explosives. If it is that expensive, they need to notify everyone that certain foods, such as frosting, are not permissible.

It is this seemingly arbitrary behavior which rightfully upsets travelers and the TSA or whoever needs to do something about it.

American airports have become some of the worst in the world. The security is oppressive and discourteous compared to many other nation's airports, and on top of that, you have to pay all sorts of additional taxes to use American airports. If you are going to pay more, you should get more or at least a polite explination to an elderly teacher with a cupcake from one of her students.

[flakfizer]

Cupcakes can pose a real threat.

Just ask the Broncos.

[ttompatz]

When people in charge of your safety are afraid of your kids cupcakes and granny's hip replacement then you know that The terrorists have won the war.

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[repeatpete]

The shoe bomber and his underwear friend both bought tickets with cash and carried no luggage. Captain underpants had no coat which is odd for Detroit in late December and that wasn't enough to set off any red flags.

Taking away bottles of water, breast milk and letting drooling perverts fondle eight year olds gives those from small towns with no access to the 'arts scene' the chance to see true minstrels and players at work.

Airport scanners/wand operators with their simulation of thousand-yard-stares, taking-time-off-from-Afghanistan bravado is theater indeed.

Well it's better than nothing and we all feel slightly better. At best, stupid terrorists get caught.

[Illysook]

You can have a 1oz tube of toothpaste but no cupcakes with frosting on them? That's bogus. I'll bet those TSA agents were hungry.

[No_hite_pls]

[ThingsComeAround]

[Carbon]

[Rahul0282]

Haha.. this is really funny! Ironical maybe

[ajosshi]

I would've just scarfed that Ho Ho down. Problem solved.

[Reggie]

Just because we're paranoid doesn't mean they're not trying to kill us all with a cupcake.