IP: Fwd: Mich. Congressman Forced to Strip

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Maybe people with physical disabilities like prosthetic devices should get 
a signed affidavit attesting to their honesty since if they don't believe a 
US Congressman who will they believe.

Dave

ps for many a person demonstrating their devices may be difficult and cause 
possible problems.

 .
> From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>


> [Note:  This item comes from Farber's IP list.  If you recall the NYT's 
> op-ed piece on 'Nude Airlines' a few weeks ago, it looks like we're taking 
> steps to make that a reality sooner than anyone thought. DLH]
>
> <http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/sns-ap-congressman-searched0108jan08.story>
>
> Mich. Congressman Forced to Strip
> By Associated Press
>
> January 8, 2002, 10:18 AM EST
>
> DETROIT -- Security guards at Washington's Reagan National Airport forced 
> U.S. Rep. John Dingell to strip to his underwear before boarding a flight 
> to Detroit.
>
> The guards at the Northwest Airlines terminal did not believe the 
> 75-year-old congressman's explanation about his metal hip, which he 
> received after a horse fell on him 20 years ago.
>
> "They felt me up and down like a prize steer," Dingell, D-Mich., said. "I 
> was very nice, but I probably showed I was displeased."
>
> The private security guards made him take off his overcoat, then his suit 
> coat, then his shoes and socks on Saturday. When he still triggered metal 
> detector alarms, the guards took him to a back room and asked him to 
> remove his trousers.
>
> U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta heard about the incident and 
> said he would look into it, Dingell said.
>
> "I asked Norman to check to see if they treated me like they do everybody 
> else," Dingell said. "I just wanted to be sure that what they did was 
> necessary, that I got the same treatment, no better or no worse, than 
> anyone else."

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