Re: More TSA fun

[<Toralv_Dirro () McAfee com>]

And while over the years various items have been confiscated from my
luggage, the most ridiculous incident being too many pens in my laptop
bag and the most surprising one being a leatherman-clone that I didn't
know I had with me but must have been on dozens of flights, so far noone
took offense at the most pointy object in my entire posession: A large
safety pin attached to the outside of my rucksack in plain view...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org 
> [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Alex Eckelberry
> Sent: Mittwoch, 23. Juli 2008 21:04
> To: funsec
> Subject: [funsec] More TSA fun
>
> http://cbs2chicago.com/investigations/xrated.security.screenin
> gs.2.77742
> 3.html
>  
> Fliers Complain About X-Rated Security Screenings
>
> TSA Agents Forced Woman To Remove Nipple Rings, Pulled Pants 
> Off Disabled Man Pam Zekman When travelers go to the airport, 
> they know what kind of security to
> expect: luggage searches, metal detectors and shoe inspections. 
>
> It's all part of our post 9-11 reality enforced by the 
> Transportation Security Adminstration. But as CBS 2 
> Investigator Pam Zekman reports, thousands of travelers have 
> complained that some of these screenings can become abusive 
> and even x-rated. 
>
> For arguing with a TSA agent, Robin Kassner wound up being 
> slammed to the floor. She's filed a lawsuit. 
>
> "I kept begging them over and over again get off of me ... 
> and they wouldn't stop," Kassner said. 
>
> And it wasn't enough for another woman to show TSA agents 
> nipple rings that set off a metal detector. The agents forced 
> her to take them out. 
>
> Mandi Hamlin said, "I had to get pliers and pull it apart." 
>
> In Chicago, people like Robert Perry are subjected to 
> exhaustive security checks. He was patted down, his wheel 
> chair was examined and his hands were swabbed, all in public 
> view in a see-through room at the security checkpoint. Perry, 
> 71, is not alone 
>
> "It's humiliation," Perry said. 


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