TSA Has 95-Year-Old Remove Her Diaper For Screening 582
wjcofkc writes "The Transportation Security Administration stood by its security officers Sunday after a Florida woman complained that her cancer-stricken, 95-year-old mother was patted down and forced to remove her adult diaper while going through security. 'While every person and item must be screened before entering the secure boarding area, TSA works with passengers to resolve security alarms in a respectful and sensitive manner,' the federal agency said. 'We have reviewed the circumstances involving this screening and determined that our officers acted professionally and according to proper procedure.'"
Independent review needed (Score:5, Informative)
I love how the TSA says that they reviewed the case and gave a pass to their own people. IMHO, there needs to be an independent review board for bullsh*t like this. That aside, I think the woman should have put a plastic turd in there just to piss them off (you know, because a real one would be gross).
Re:PROFILED (Score:5, Informative)
Clearly she fits the terrorist criminal profile.
Terrorists aren't complete morons.
A white, pregnant Catholic Irishwoman doesn't fit the terrorist profile either.
And yet, there was a bomb in her luggage, placed by her Jordanian fiancee:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindawi_affair [wikipedia.org]
Re:Couldn't care less (Score:5, Informative)
I'm with you.
I've never been to the US, I'd love to see the place, but this whole flying nonsense is keeping me away from it. Having go through a watered-down version that's in place in the rest of the world (though EU is following the US closely) is bad enough. No interest to visit the source of that.
It's a pity, really, that it has to be like that.
Re:PROFILED (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Why did they let her on the plane at all? (Score:3, Informative)