# TSA confiscating items

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-confiscating-items/430556>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 19, 2007, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-confiscating-items/430556 "2007-12-19T05:14:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-confiscating-items/430556/41 "2007-12-23T03:15:17Z")

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So is the answer that items can be confiscated and there is no recourse?

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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-confiscating-items/430556/42 "2007-12-23T03:18:58Z")

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[QUOTE=eenerms]  
So is the answer that items can be confiscated and there is no recourse?  
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See my post above. My answer is that the TSA did not confiscate anything. If something was confiscated, the airline did it. So the airline should be contacted.

-FrL-

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