The Department of Homeland Security is moving to a mental institution. Thanks to our friends at Homeland Stupidity for passing this along. DHS is planning to move all of its disparate operations into one complex on the grounds of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, a mental facility located in Southeast Washington, D.C., reports the Federal Times. You may remember it's the home of John Hinckley Jr., who tried to assassinate Pres. Ronald Reagan. The agency will spend $4.1 billion dollars to develop 4.5 million square feet of property on the west side of the property, which is expected to be ready beginning in 2012. St. Elizabeth's will continue to occupy its space on the east side of its property.
The prisoner AND the guards are arrested. Here's an interesting twist on the usual carrying-a-gun through security story. Two security officers escorting a prisoner to Hawaii for a court hearing were arrested at Los Angeles International Airport last week, according to the LA Times. Why? Because one of the officers was carrying a gun without the proper permit after airport police did a permit check. All three were taken into custody.
When ya gotta go, you gotta GO! After being barred from the restroom by a SkyWest flight attendant, passenger James Whipple resorted to using an air sickness bag to empty his bladder, reports the Salt Lake Tribune. The airline has since apologized to Whipple, who had consumed a nice bit of beer before boarding the flight. The pilot had the fasten seat belt sign on, and FAA regulations do not allow passengers to leave their seats -- for any reason. Photo courtesy of Air Sickness Bags Virtual Museum
No fighting on the flight!! An Indian Airlines flight to New Delhi had to be diverted to Calcutta after a traveler claiming to have a bomb got into a fight with a fellow traveler, reports the Boston Globe. The passenger -- who also just happened to be drunk -- got into the fight after the flight crew tried to calm him and he claimed to have the bomb. He was searched and arrested upon landing.
Can I bum a million cigarettes? Officials at Ireland's Customs Service have seized more than 1 million cigarettes -- valued at $645,539 -- coming into Dublin Airport on from Latvia's Riga International Airport, according to FinFacts.com. Customs had targeted a smuggling gang that sold the cigarettes on the black market. Agents have seized almost 7.5 million cigarettes valued at $3.6 million since the beginning of 2007.
Grenade? What grenade? A shout-out to Joel Harris at the SkyOne List for passing this tidbit that shows there are still some holes in the security net. Security at Los Angeles International Airport allowed a man to fly to Sydney, Australia, with a grenade in his checked baggage last April, reports ABC News Online. The deactivated device was bought as a souvenir.
What a horrible waste! Japan's Narita International Airport has dumped hundreds of bottles of liquids after new security rules went into effect earlier this month, reports Mainichi Daily News. Almost 2,000 bottles of alcoholic beverages and 350 bottles of beauty products were dumped down an airport drain in a single day.
At least she didn't get up constantly. British Airways has apologized to a first-class passenger who had a dead passenger placed in the seat next to him, but the airline refuses to give him any compensation, writes the Belfast Telegraph. Paul Trinder, 54, was on a flight from London to Delhi when a woman in economy class died. Rather than divert the flight, BA staff put the woman in the seat next to Trinder, explaining that economy was full and she kept slipping from her seat. He asked for a refund from the flight and was allegedly told by BA to "get over it."
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