This goo was worth a point in August 2024.

publication date: Sunday, August 4, 2024 (part of August 2024)

category: Crime

clue: Her expertise in exposing weaknesses in airport security, from San Francisco to Chicago, eventually led to expertise exposing weaknesses in electronic monitoring.

explanation: Hartman became known as the "Serial Stowaway" after trying and often succeeding to board at least 22 flights without a ticket, starting at SFO in 2014 and happening most recently in ORD in 2021. That year, she was re-arrested after bypassing her electronic monitoring to leave transitional housing. more…

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, and Richard Slominsky


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