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    TSA defends confiscation of Mass. woman's cupcake

    PEABODY, Mass. (AP) — The federal Transportation Security Administration is defending its decision to confiscate a frosted cupcake from a Massachusetts woman flying from Las Vegas.

    The TSA says in a blog comment posted Monday the cupcake was packed in a jar filled with icing, which is considered a gel under a policy designed to secure travelers from terrorists seeking to evade detection by using explosives made of plastics, liquids or gels.

    Peabody (PEE'-buh-dee) resident Rebecca Hains was barred from taking her cupcake onto a plane last month when a TSA agent said icing in the jar exceeded amounts of gels allowed in carry-on luggage. Hains has called that "terrible logic."

    The TSA says travelers can take cakes, pies and cupcakes through security checkpoints but should expect they might get additional screening.

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    Online: TSA blog post about cupcake: http://blog.tsa.gov/2012/01/cupcakegate.html

     
    • NOCANFINDNAME  •  2 mths ago
      Terrorists=100 USA=0
      TSA-What a total waste of money and manpower!
    • David  •  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  •  2 mths ago
      Well, at least we exposed Pinkie Pie's cupcake-smuggling operation. And we all know what goes into those...
      • Raiden 2 mths ago
        Keep it to yourself. Do you want us to not have those cupcakes anymore? Pinkie makes the best.
    • Janani ManimozhiG  •  Boston, Massachusetts  •  2 mths ago
      america has officially gone insane.
    • zongongo  •  Atlanta, Georgia  •  2 mths ago
      I'm reminded of Mad magazine, "Headlines we'd like to see"

      TSA agent almost dies after eating confiscated cupcake laced with arsenic
      • zongongo 2 mths ago
        I don't want to see anybody dead. Just reminded me of good old MAD magazine.
    • harry  •  Tampa, Florida  •  2 mths ago
      These TSA people are idiots with no commen sense and their superiors are just as bad.
      There is an immediate need to look at and reform the airport security system. When you
      start searching 3 year old kids and 80 year old women,we have a serious problem. These
      TSA people are so brainwashed that they have lost all sense of reasoning to act as an
      individual.
    • truthbknown  •  2 mths ago
      they need to disband half of the TSA personnel. Some of them in Atlanta can't even speak English, not so you can understand it.wjasir nam,enwhuryagoin
    • Salad Baba  •  Chandler, Arizona  •  4 mths ago
      THE BIGGEST BLOW THE TERRORISTS EVER GOT IN ON AMERICA? WAS TO MAKE US SPEND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND waste MILIlONS OF HOURS standing in lines "for our own good". And they have also restricted our freedoms more than they could have hoped for under their rule by letting the politicians begin a reign of terror here in the USA. This doesn't go on at the "executive" terminal. They let them eat cake (and icing too!) there.
      • SaysWho 4 mths ago
        Yep, the politics of fear. They all cashed in on it. Of course, politicians are not subject to all this bologna so they do not care, nor do they listen. Well, except Ron Paul.
      • mindshift 4 mths ago
        @Jo, when a politician says what you want to hear, that is NOT the same as listening to you.
      • A Yahoo! User 4 mths ago
        Bin Laden said they would "get us" by financial means... and they surely are...
    • spunky  •  Warren, Oregon  •  4 mths ago
      Ok who ate the evidence
      • Think it Through 4 mths ago
        Frosting breath?
      • Byron 4 mths ago
        lol thanks for that one!
      • Kian 4 mths ago
        Is this the reason why cupcakes are not included in flight menu anymore?
        Yeah maybe...the last time I ate cupcakes I had a lot of explosions in the toilet.
    • open sesame  •  4 mths ago
      If the TSA claims the frosting exceeded the limit, then release the actual volume of the frosting. Without facts, it's just a bureaucracy crapping on the citizens with no accountability. We are supposed to take the unnamed TSA blogger blindly at his word? Once more, government out of control.
      • KDavis 4 mths ago
        Most will tolerate this bureaucracy until the bitter end even with more heightened security, because that is what good Americans do.
      • mindshift 4 mths ago
        @KDavis, most will tolerate this NOT because they are cowed, but because they are trying to get somewhere. The choice is give up your cupcake, or give up your destination. Which will cost you the most?
      • SF CA 4 mths ago
        I don't agree with the government agency out of control but I do agree with lack of specifics. It is difficult to comply with regulations when you don't know what the regulations are.
    • Cheep-O  •  4 mths ago
      TSA's budget is 8.1 billion.
      That's a lot of cupcakes.
    • acstructural  •  Georgetown, Texas  •  4 mths ago
      Those who give up Liberty for Security, deserve neither.
    • b  •  4 mths ago
      Once tried to say "hi" and be friendly to a TSA officer checking my passport. She stopped everything, held up a huge line to stare me down for a solid half minute without saying a word. I finally asked if she had any issues, at which point in time she handed me back my passport, ushered me through, and continued to stare at me...... honestly with workers like that it's only a matter of time before one of them loses it and pulls their gun...
    • William  •  Fayetteville, North Carolina  •  4 mths ago
      the government has declared war against the American people.
    • Living in the Philippines  •  Bacolod City, Philippines  •  4 mths ago
      If you check the TSA site under tools, they allow a 7in. screw driver in your carry on bag. Duh! I'll take my chances against the cupcake.
    • Skip  •  4 mths ago
      So are breast implants! Does that mean that women with implants cant Fly either?
    • TIM SMASH!  •  4 mths ago
      That was one REAL dangerous pastry, TSA. Unlike the explosives the G.I. brought with him, and the shoe bomber you let board a plane, and the Times square bomber who was on the No Fly list that you let board the plane. You sure do have it together!
      You guys are ACES!
    • Kevin  •  Brea, California  •  4 mths ago
      The TSA is trying to stand ground so they don't have to admit mistakes.
    • Dave  •  Springfield, Missouri  •  4 mths ago
      Their best defense would be an insanity plea. Because this gets crazier all the time.
    • Odd Ball  •  4 mths ago
      I wonder if the TSA would consider the grey matter between one's ears a gel? That could be the reason the TSA doesn't have any, it has been confiscated.
    • David  •  4 mths ago
      Are these the same guys who made the circular firing squad popular?
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