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Article: TRAVEL SENTRY LOCKS STILL VULNERABLE TO UNKNOWING INSPECTORS
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- January 18, 2004
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Several more air travelers have come forward with reports that
federal security officials conducted inspections of their checked
bags by breaking open their Travel Sentry locks. The travelers
contacted the Globe after reading about a Burlington woman who flew
from Tampa to Boston in early December and discovered on arrival that
her bag had been inspected by security officials in Tampa and her
Travel Sentry lock was missing.The Travel Sentry locks, jointly
developed by lock and luggage manufacturers and the Transportation
Security Administration, were intended to prevent such incidents.
After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, air travelers were asked to
leave their checked bags ...