Woman Says TSA Forced Piercings Removal

[mempilot]

They damn could have patted her down, or taken her to the police office there (it's 20 ft away) to lock the door for a strip look.

Don, this is kind of what I mean by being humiliated. That's treating someone like a criminal. They could have escorted her back out to the unsecure part of the terminal where she could do as she pleased. ie. take them out in private without getting undressed in front of anyone.

 

[DandyDon]

TSA: Statement on Alleged Improper Screening at Lubbock, Texas

Statement on Alleged Improper Screening at Lubbock, Texas

TSA is actively investigating Ms. Hamlin's allegations to ensure procedures were followed appropriately. Our security officers are well-trained to screen individuals with body piercings in sensitive areas with dignity and respect while ensuring a high level of security.

TSA is well aware of terrorists' interest in hiding dangerous items in sensitive areas of the body, therefore we have a duty to the American public to resolve any alarm that we discover. Incidents of female terrorists hiding explosives in sensitive areas are on the rise all over the world. This scenario must be addressed at our nation's airports.

To the right is a prototype training device that TSA will use to simulate a bra bomb in training and testing its officers.

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[Thalassamania]

I think it is a predictable result of giving small minds great power. Police jobs that pay well and that require a college degree do not tend to have these sorts of problems. When's the last time you had to deal with a surly FBI agent?

 

[TheScream]

I think it is a predictable result of giving small minds great power.

Sounds similar to the story of the person arrested for using a phone in "flight mode" on an aeroplane because of a "small minded stewardess". Phones with "flight mode" have been on the market since smartphones came out around 2001.

 

[Thalassamania]

The whole cellphone thing is a joke anyway. If you've ever flown in the "zoo" that follows AF-1 you'd realize that. There's a few hundred cell phones in constant use for the entire flight and the plane never gets lost.

 

[El Orans]

Interestingly enough, there is a type of machine that sort of x-rays (low power) the entire body and points out areas graphically where there is metal on a pictorial body. It also gives indication to how big. I was exposed to this machine at the crew security checkpoint at Schiphol in Amsterdamn while based there this past summer. Pretty cool. I found out that a lot of Dutch flight attendants wear metal.

AFAIK, it's mostly used for flights from the Caribbean and South America. Too many smugglers trying to conceal the stuff inside their body.

 

[Cacia]

When's the last time you had to deal with a surly FBI agent?

My dad was the surliest person I have ever known. You should hear his story about a gun you know where.

People cause themselves a lot of problems by doing all this stuff to themselves.
Everybody knows they use a metal detector, I smell a rat$$$

 

[Spady]

Although I have absolutely nothing useful to contribute, I must say this has been one of the more entertaining threads I have read in a while!

 

[Azza]

I have no problem whipping my nipples out for security (in fact get a few ales into me an' I will show 'em to anyone)but to fair there must be an area they take people for strip searches?

 

[Doc]

I have no problem whipping my nipples out for security (in fact get a few ales into me an' I will show 'em to anyone)but to fair there must be an area they take people for strip searches?

We call it "the bar". I think you say "pub" or roadhouse or that shack out back.