TSA Agent Busted Stealing Over $200,000 Of Passenger's Luggage (And You Wondered Where It Went)

You've got to feel so patriotic and protected now that we have Homeland Security and the TSA protecting our American interests. Sure. But who's protecting us from those agents? They're only human, right? Temptations arise. Power corrupts. Etc.

In the news yesterday...
A man named Pythias Brown, a TSA agent from Maplewood, NJ, has been busted stealing over $200,000. worth of traveler's personal belongings. Being the brainiac that he appears to be, I believe he was caught primarily due to his last big haul - (pay attention) a $50,000. camera belonging to an HBO employee. Pythias was hawking it on eBay, apparently thinking no suspicions would arise. I'm sure all TSA employees earn enough to buy a cheap camera like that. Pythias was busted with a large cache of inventory, most of which was going up for sale on eBay. Funny enough, he has a near-perfect record of customer satisfaction on eBay. Not so with the airline industry - where, thanks in part to creeps like him, customer "satisfaction" is at an all-time low.

Keep in mind that travelers are no longer allowed to lock their luggage, and/or that TSA agents have every authority to break into luggage. Somehow that makes me feel LESS safe than before.

You can read more about the story here:
http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/107092

Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention, after doing a bit of research, apparently Pythias Brown was due to marry Natalie Zackery on this past Sun. Oct. 12th. I wonder if he made it to his nuptials. How do you explain that one to the new in-laws (or your own folks).

Now, as a final note...
This isn't meant to come off racist, but one can't help to comment...
Upon further research, I found that Pythias Brown has a Reunion.com personal profile. On there, we find that he is a 6' tall, bald man, who goes by the nickname of "Hershey." That leads me to believe that he very possibly could be a black man... OR has some anal fixation. Not sure which. But I'm pretty sure his name isn't because he's from that particularly infamous town in Pennsylvania, and I doubt he's named after his favorite candy bar.

It's always something, I tell ya. This is why I do carry-on luggage ONLY. New aviation websites are suggesting that if you have anything of value, you should consider doing a FedEx advance shipment to the destination. My, how times have changed. Thank YOU, Mr. Pythias Brown, for instilling more confidence in travel, airlines, and the American way. Douchebag.