Last week, a Philadelphia man named Roger Vanderklok filed suit against the TSA, the DHS, and the Philadelphia Police Department over an incident in the Philadelphia airport in January 2013. Vanderklok was traveling to a half marathon in Florida when he had a misunderstanding with a TSA agent about whether he was carrying "organic material" — in this case, energy bars — in his carry-on bag
After the half hour of confusion was cleared up, Vanderklok mentioned that the delay could have been avoided if the agent had better explained himself and asked to file a complaint. Enraged, the agent summoned the police, confiscated Vanderklok's belongings, and accused him of "threatening the placement of a bomb" and making "terroristic threats."
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