The Associated Press is reporting that articles of clothing belonging to Transportation Security Administration officers were found “in the open” at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, citing the Chicago Sun-Times.
The items were found last month during a routine patrol of six airport checkpoints. They included TSA jackets, sweaters and at least one pair of uniform pants. The TSA won’t confirm everything that was found, though the AP is also saying a cash box was among the items recovered.
The question here is obvious: Was something fishy going on that involved posing as TSA workers, or perhaps trying to get through security without being checked? The TSA doesn’t think so. A spokesman says the items were all found beyond security checkpoints, so it’s not as if they were accessible to the general public.
The TSA says it is not planning any further inquiry into the strange find.