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your tax dollars at work:

A uniformed pilot waits impatiently at a checkpoint for 10 minutes while two screeners from the Transportation Security Administration scrutinize every item in his carry-on bag.

After he was allowed to go on his way, he explained why it took so long.

“They told me they had to make sure I wasn’t carrying anything that would allow me to take over an airplane,” he said, rolling his eyes.

US airport security detained Canadian defense minister Bill Graham, and his aides had to prove he wasn’t the one on the no-fly list.