Stupid Security: Woman Told to Ditch Bra to Enter Court

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via The Boston Globe.

[snip]

Security guards refused to allow a woman into a federal courthouse until
she removed a bra that triggered a metal detector.

Lori Plato said she and her husband, Owen Plato, were stunned when U.S.
Marshals Service employees asked her to remove her bra after the underwire
supports set off the alarm.

"I asked if I could go into the bathroom because they didn't have a privacy
screen and no women security officers were available," Plato said
Wednesday. "They said, 'No.'

[snip]

More:
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2007/10/04/woman_told_to_ditch_b
ra_to_enter_court/

- - ferg

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