Bob,
I know you love this kind of pedantry, so I will make this my last rebuttal on this topic or it will never end.
My basic premise is this: there is simply no evidence to prove that the TSA are more likely to steal items from your bag than airline employees.
You posted links to stories about thieving TSA employees. I posted links to stories about thieving airline employees. Neither address the basic premise. All we have proved is that both organisations have thieves.
Gromit said
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it is likely your stuff was stolen by TSA
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I challenged this and said there was no basis for him saying this.
Nothing you have said in your elaborately pseudo-forensive responses contradicts that. Neither Gromit nor you have any clue who stole the OP's stuff and neither of you can say with any evidence, that is it more likely to be the TSA vs an Airline Employee.
That is my position... and now, I am done on that topic, so your next post will be the last word. Fill your boots!
Gromit,
Despite airlines seeking to disclaim responsibility for items which are in their care, I do not think they can impose terms and conditions which absolve them of their legal obligations. The best avenue is to go to the DOT and Small Claims. The airlines will often lose and some, such as in my earlier link, such as Spirit have been fined by the DOT for attempting to do so.