Friday, August 27, 2004
 MSNBC's 'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' August 25: We have nothing to fear but Bea Arthur herself. The star of TV's "Golden Girls" and "Maude" tried to board her personally chartered flight out of Boston's Logan Airport while carrying a pocket knife in her handbag. When it was discovered in screening, the 81-year-old actress reportedly said it wasn't hers and—quote—"The terrorists put it there."
But before boarding the Cape Air flight, she also surrendered a key ring to the five TSA agents at the scene, saying the terrorists had put that in her bag, too. She then added—quote—"We're all doomed." It sounds bizarre until you realize that the entire passenger manifest for that flight consisted of Bea Arthur. It was just her and pilot. Philadelphia Daily News Thu, Aug. 26, 2004 The "Golden Girls" star, now 81, was flagged by a Transportation Security Administration agent, who discovered the knife - a strict no-no following 9/11.
"She started yelling that it wasn't hers and said 'The terrorists put it there,' " a fellow passenger said. "She kept yelling about the 'terrorists, the terrorists, the terrorists.' "
After the blade was confiscated, Arthur took a keyring from her bag and told the agent it belonged to the "terrorists," before throwing it at them.
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