While most men and women working in security careers are good, honest people who want to do what's best for the community, like in any career field there are those who don't always have the best intentions.  After a string of missing valuables was reported, ABC News blotter decided to conduct their own experiment and what they found will be revealed on their Nightline show. 

Reporters went through dozens of airports with cash and iPads in their luggage and also purposefully left their iPads behind in airport security checkpoints to see what would happen.  In all of the airports, except one, the money and iPad made it through security just fine and the iPads that were "forgotten" were returned.  In Orlando, however, the iPad that was "left behind" was never returned to the rightful owners.  Because ABC News had turned the GPS in the iPad on, they were able to track it to 30 miles away from the airport, to the home of the TSA agent who was last spotted handling the device. 

After a confrontation at the TSA agent's home, the agent initially said he didn't have the Apple product and in fact, had never seen it.  After setting off an audible alarm, the agent returned into his house and produced the iPad no problem.  After this was caught on film, the agent was let go from his job. 

What are your thoughts on this story?

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A story covered on CNN about a possible kidnapping in New York turned out to be a prank by some teenagers.  A 17-year-old boy and two teenage girls staged a kidnapping in a Syracuse, NY parking lot that was caught on surveillance footage.  It appeared, to the cameras, that a young, unconcious woman was stuffed into a trunk before the car sped away.  The video was put out on the news in hopes of catching the abductors.  Instead, the parents recognized their children on the footage and made them turn themselves in.

Those in security careers were very upset after learning it was a hoax.  There was a homicide that evening and several other crimes that did not get full police attention because some officers were out looking for these "kidnappers".  So far police have not taken any legal action against these kids, but they aren't ruling out any future consequences.

What do you think should happen to these kids?

Her father claims she's a daddy's girl who may have some unladylike qualities, but those in security careers disagree.  When they did a search of Celia Savage's home, the police turned up 2 bombs, a pistol, suspected marijuana and methamphetamine and alleged drug paraphernalia.  The 23-year-old college student has pictures on her Facebook of her holding guns and has explosives listed as an interest.  She lists her political beliefs as "anarchist" and she has even posted a video on YouTube of her blowing up toilets.

When questioned by police, Celia said she knew creating these kinds of explosive devices is wrong and illegal, but she likes to do it.  The drugs found along with the bomb materials got her arrested on federal weapons, explosives, and drug charges.  She was also not granted bond. 

Do you think she is a serious threat or is everyone over exaggerating?

Stuffed animals are cute, cuddly, and a staple toy for every child, but several of these playthings were discovered with a lot more than batting inside.  A disassembled gun was found within three stuffed animals in Rhode Island this past week.  One animal had a .40 caliber gun stuffed inside while another housed a magazine with two .40 caliber rounds and a firing pin.  A third stuffed animal, a Mickey Mouse to be specific, concealed yet another gun part known as a slide. 

People working in security careers detained the four year old boy and his father and found the guns were planted there as part of a domestic dispute.   The Rhode Island police chief said in a statement, "It was jointly investigated by the RI Airport Police, FBI and the RI State Police and it was determined that there was no threat at any time to air safety."

Once the police were satisfied with their search, the father and son were allowed to continue on to their flight. 

Do you think they should have been allowed to continue on the flight or do you think this is a security issue?

Everyone knows that working in security careers is no easy task, but one man didn't expect to have this much trouble.  Jay Bauer is suing the FBI for making their testing standards stricter for men looking to enter that career path.  He claims that he was only able to do 29 out of the required 30 push ups for the fitness test.  Despite being at the head of the class in every other regard, he was disqualified based solely on that one pushup.  Bauer then goes on to say a female taking the test, who was lagging behind all other applicants during the entire process, was given a second chance after she failed her first attempt.

According to ABC News, "Bauer said female new agent trainees became special agents despite completing fewer than half the number of push-ups and scoring fewer overall points than he did on even the female version of the physical fitness test (PFT)."

Do you think men and women should have different standards for this or should they all have to have the same requirements?

When you're looking to go into security careers, you will have to undergo an interview.  When you do, there are types of questions that are more likely to be asked in your interview than in any other interview for any other career.  These specific questions are not challenging, but knowing them ahead of time means you're more likely to form an educated opinion and properly word your thoughts together. 

The first type of quesiton they will ask is the generic interview questions regarding education and prior work experience.  These are just to have you elaborate on the points you put on your resume.

The probing questions are in essence to find out what makes you "tick".  These questions are truly designed to find out why you want a career in law enforcement.  While there is no right or wrong answer, truly honest and original answers can only help you.  The questions may be something like:

• Why do you want to become a police officer?
• What responsibilities have you had in the past?
• What are some weaknesses you need to work on

Finally, they may ask you hypothetical questions to see how you'd respond to a certain situation.  These answers have to usually do with their code of conduct so you may want to read up on that.  Some types of these questions are:

• How would you respond in a hostage situation?
• How would you respond if a suspect offered a lot of money for you to "forget" something?
• How would you respond if you saw a fellow officer engaged in inappropriate conduct?

What do you think of these quesitons?

When Jill Filipovic went through the airport she didn't think anything of it.  When she reached her hotel, she opened her luggage and found something in there that she definitely didn't pack.  A member of TSA found her...personal battery operated item...and left her a note saying "get your freak on girl."  At first she laughed and then became embarassed and disturbed after her lack of privacy.  Natrually, she did what any good blogger would do: post a picture of the note online and then tweet about it.

The person responsible has been reprimanded and TSA did apologize to Jill over the incident.  It is widely known that airport security goes through our luggage, but finding proof of it left behind is slightly disturbing.

Do you think the note was funny or innapropriate?