He Got Arrested For Saying “Pipe Bomb” at Orlando TSA — He Says It Was a Toy for His Kids [Roundup]

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• Man arrested for false pipe bomb threat at Orlando TSA checkpoint.
  

  Just before 2 a.m. Thursday at the east checkpoint of the Terminal B exit, a TSA agent reported that Marcos Alfredo Vidal said, “The stage was set, and she’s ready,” followed by a clearer statement referencing a “pipe bomb, vending machine,” an arrest affidavit states.

  After officers responded to the scene, Vidal initially denied mentioning a bomb and claimed he was referring to “something for his children” and had drawings in his backpack, police said.

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• We spent 20 years and countless headaches on a REAL ID that.. fails to function at its core function.
  

  “Get a REAL ID,” they said. pic.twitter.com/ijSMf5hLcj

  — Eric Boehm (@EricBoehm87) December 31, 2025

• The optimal amount of fraud is not zero.
  

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  — Yash Sartanpara (@SartanparaYash) January 1, 2026

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