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Scrivener7

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7. Yep.

Reply to underpants (Reply #6)

Tue Nov 29, 2022, 10:17 PM

Nov 2022

And, jeez, the comments on that article make me despair of my fellow humans.

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A Biden administration official is on leave after they were charged with stealing a Vera Bradley sui [View all] question everything Nov 2022 OP

Dumb. OTOH A Trump official who got caught doing this would have claimed the Deep State framed him. emulatorloo Nov 2022 #1

Tin foil hat time yankee87 Nov 2022 #17

My first thought -- what was in the bag? nt woodsprite Nov 2022 #2

2300 usd (which is hardly a huge amount) worth of clothing, etc Celerity Nov 2022 #13

"On leave" isn't enough. secondwind Nov 2022 #3

Will no doubt get fired after the investigation is complete. emulatorloo Nov 2022 #4

Sounds like something they might have done before womanofthehills Nov 2022 #15

Yeah, that hardly seems like an entry point for thievery. BlackSkimmer Nov 2022 #30

Wonder why the article identifies them as a "Biden administration official" Scrivener7 Nov 2022 #5

Yeah it's being reported that way everywhere underpants Nov 2022 #6

Yep. Scrivener7 Nov 2022 #7

If you search their name & select photos you will know why womanofthehills Nov 2022 #16

Sounds like a Civil Service position, but given the unusual circumstances of the case, Ocelot II Nov 2022 #8

I suppose right wing media see this as balancing out the Oath Keepers thucythucy Nov 2022 #9

I bet you're right. Hadn't thought of that. Scrivener7 Nov 2022 #10

The most expensive suitcases are about $500, so it's likely that Ocelot II Nov 2022 #11

Ah! That makes sense. Scrivener7 Nov 2022 #22

From the article: The 26-inch navy blue hard-sided roller bag and its contents were estimated to be Celerity Nov 2022 #12

Another article said the amount included the woman's clothes womanofthehills Nov 2022 #14

I doubt it will be contested womanofthehills Nov 2022 #18

An intriguing person indeed. nt thucythucy Nov 2022 #34

I guessing not after this incident MichMan Nov 2022 #19

it's Yahoo news, of course they would link it to Biden admin onetexan Nov 2022 #29

This sounds like a script catchnrelease Nov 2022 #20

I read they kept using their stolen suitcase for 2 or more flights after they stole it womanofthehills Nov 2022 #21

If I were going to steal a suitcase from the baggage carousel, Ocelot II Nov 2022 #23

Might have been what they found appealing about it. MichMan Dec 2022 #40

In the end, though, would thus be a story if it had been anyone else? Scrivener7 Nov 2022 #24

You're right. It's not all that unusual for luggage to be stolen, Ocelot II Nov 2022 #27

Exactly. It would have been a REALLY embarassing moment when the accountant's wife Scrivener7 Nov 2022 #28

Ha, I called it! This story is, in fact, on the inside back page Ocelot II Nov 2022 #36

I don't care about the person's gender, but their position with (most likely) security BlackSkimmer Nov 2022 #31

Yes. Scrivener7 Nov 2022 #32

Yahoo is my home page, so when I opened it and the headline with a photo of, supposedly a bald question everything Nov 2022 #35

It's newsworthy because they are a notable person Jose Garcia Nov 2022 #37

Not to mention I would assume they have a security clearance. BlackSkimmer Nov 2022 #38

People forget that cameras are everywhere. Evergreen Emerald Nov 2022 #25

Not everywhere. But definitely at airports Jose Garcia Nov 2022 #39

This story along with some pageant won by a Transgender woman is being pushed by the Right Wing JI7 Nov 2022 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author tblue37 Nov 2022 #33

Brinton has now been charged with a second luggage theft in Vegas. MichMan Dec 2022 #41