Baby's First TSA Patdown

Posted by samzenpus on Friday May 13, 2011 @02:52AM from the I-feel-safer-already dept.

theodp writes "Is there anything cuter than baby milestones? Baby's first steps. Baby's first word. And now, baby's first TSA patdown. 'Well,' writes Anna North, 'it finally happened. Airport security officers gave a pat-down to a baby.' A post on the TSA blog defended the move: 'The child's stroller alarmed during explosives screening. Our officers followed proper current screening procedures by screening the family after the alarm...The [8-month-old] child in the photo was simply receiving a modified pat-down.' Hey, at least they didn't make a federal case of the 4 oz. of liquid found in the little tyke's Pampers."

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Re:Meanwhile in line... by rjstanford · 2011-05-13 03:42 · Score: 1, Redundant

In case you hadn't noticed, we don't actually have that much terrorism in the US. Hell, for a population of just under 7 billion there really isn't that much worldwide. There wasn't 10 years ago, there wasn't 50 years ago, there probably won't be 10 years from now.
Reinventing every standard just because of a single act of terrorism is stupid. Ignoring the 2nd-most-lethal act of US terrorism completely because "everything changed" on 9/11 is also stupid.

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