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BY MEGAN NOE

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In between checking adult diapers and patting down 6-year-olds, it appears the TSA missed someone-- a Nigerian man who flew from New York’s JFK airport to LAX last Friday-- with an expired boarding pass in someone else’s name and no matching ID.

Once in the air, the crew noticed Olajide Noibi-- the extra passenger-- but he was only arrested yesterday. Los Angeles’ KCBS explains why.

“That is when Noibi tried once again to board a flight without a valid ID or boarding pass. This time it was a Delta flight from LAX to Atlanta. Now the Delta ticket agent refused the day old boarding pass, but it was at the gate, so he’d already made it through security. FBI agents approached him, he admitted the pass didn’t belong to him, and that he only had an ID that was a University of Michigan ID with no photo on it. He also had two more expired boarding passes in his back pocket, and ten more in his bag. None of them had his name on them, all of them were expired.”

Noibi told the FBI he was in LA to recruit people for his software business and remains in custody, but CBS News’ Homeland Security Correspondent makes clear the man was not carrying anything dangerous, made no threats and is not believed to have any terror connections.

“Sources say the man has been charged now with being a stowaway on Virgin Airways, but this is important: so far he is not being charged under any terror or security laws. He apparently told investigators in Los Angeles that he just found an unused boarding pass on the ground in New York and somehow managed to use that to sneak aboard the airliner. There is no explanation from the TSA as to how that happened.”

Plenty of people have questions, like these from Pajamas Media.

“Why wasn’t he picked up then? Why wasn’t he arrested at LAX when that plane landed? And how is he getting ahold of so many boarding passes? TSA, we need some answers.”

Fox News offers this answer from the TSA.

"’‘TSA's review of this matter indicates that the passenger went through screening. It is important to note that this passenger was subject to the same physical screening at the checkpoint as other passengers. TSA cannot comment further on the specifics of the case given the ongoing FBI investigation,’ [a spokesman] said.”

And ABC News says the incident raises much larger security concerns.

“‘The fact that the individual was able to get on the airplane, that’s probably our weakest link. The fact that it’s a male, for instance, using a coupon with a male name, that’s about as much as they need to go past the computer.’”

The TSA and FBI are investigating the case.

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