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TSA Security Theatre 1

A. Barton Hinkle reviews the current standings in his TSA “Invasive Search Contest.” Here’s a nugget; follow the link for the full recap.

Also in April TSA officer Yolanda Smith, who works at Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans, was videotaped frisking 6-year-old Anna Drexel. And TSA officers including Joe Dunbar were videotaped last November conducting a partial strip-search of a 10-year-old boy at Salt Lake City International Airport. Situations like these are simply not acceptable, and I urge all of our members to contact their union reps to see if something can be done about this outrageous videotaping of TSA officers who are just doing their jobs.

Mr. Hinkle is looking forward to new invasions as a result of the current horsehockey over explosive implants.

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  1. Karen

    July 14, 2011 at 10:06 am

    Chris & I are flying to Las Vegas next week. Even though the temp is supposed to be in the low 60s that morning, I plan on wearing shorts, a tank top & flip-flops. Chris, on the other hand, will be the challenge. Not only can he NOT walk around the airport with his shoes in his hand, his brace is attached to his shoe. He will have to have a place to sit down to remove them. THEN the scanner will pick up the pins in his knees. I can see him being strip searched. He’s ok with it, he says, “if it’s a hot chick doing the search”. 

    For a flight that’s supposed to leave at 6 AM, we plan on being there between 4 & 4:30. When I made the reservations, I specified assistance from check-in to the gate. We’ll see how that works for us. It should prove to be ‘interesting’.