… after sniffing honey. They also spent most of the day hassling “gardener Francisco Ramirez”:
The TSA shut down Meadows Field airport (BFL) in Bakersfield, CA, on Wednesday after several bottles of honey set off explosive detection monitors. Two TSA agents were also taken to the hospital after smelling the then-unknown substance and feeling nauseated.
Hard to know whether to file this under excessive government spending, loss of civil liberties (nearly full day detention due to carrying honey), or runaway health care costs (I’m still sad that nobody likes my health care reform plan).
More: aero-news.net.
Related: older posting on how we’re spending $6 billion per year on airport security.
It’s obvious: http://www.hulu.com/watch/1476/saturday-night-live-the-killer-bees