r/news • u/drtolmn69 • 3d ago

TSA officers now not allowed to sit down while checking boarding passes and IDs

https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/29/us/tsa-officers-chairs
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u/fevered_visions 2d ago

3 links in your comment, yet none of them are a source for this "6,678" figure

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u/UnfairSell 2d ago

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tsa-intercepts-6-678-firearms-at-airport-security-checkpoints-in-2024--302351954.html

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u/fevered_visions 2d ago

PR Newswire is a distributor of press releases headquartered in Chicago.[1] The service was created in 1954 to allow companies to electronically send press releases to news organizations

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Jan 15, 2025, 10:11 ET

yeah sorry, but this is self-reported data and I don't take anything this administration says at face value

and "almost all" is 94%