Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

October 10, 2012

Former Transportation Security Administration agent John Irwin has pleaded guilty to one count of grand larceny for stealing $500 from a passenger at the Norfolk International Airport.

In November 2011, a passenger with a medical condition opted out of being scanned by the backscatter X-Ray machine. Before being subjected to a pat-down, the passenger placed $500 and an expensive pen in a plastic bin. When he was told that he would have to undergo a more invasive secondary screening, the passenger complained about the treatment, Irwin decided to retaliate by swiping his cash.

After the traveler found that his money was missing, he asked Irwin if he had seen it. The TSA screener simply lied to him.

?When the passenger returned and I saw that it was the passenger who had given my fellow employees a hard time ? I just didn?t let on that I had the money,? Irwin later explained.

This is not the only incident in which a TSA employee has retaliated against an innocent air traveler. A woman in Houston was detained by TSA screeners and forced to miss her flight to punish her for displaying a ?bad attitude.?

There must be a limit to the docility of the public. Hopefully, we will reach it soon.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.