TSA Has 95-Year-Old Remove Her Diaper For Screening

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.'"

Comments

Re:PROFILED

[Mr. Foogle]

Terrorists aren't complete morons.

This is true. Which is why TSA has never caught one.

Perhaps we should re-think this whole airport security thing.

Couldn't care less

[L4t3r4lu5]

America is on my No-Fly List, and has been for a good long while.

I can simulate the air travel experience in my own room by pushing my desk chair all the way up to my desk, putting a couple of boxes in front of my legs, and watching DVDs from 8 years ago on repeat. For that added authentic experience, i'll invite two fat sweaty nerds to sit either side of me and flick peanuts at each other. The icing on the cake really is the 45 year old balding rent-a-cop sexually assaulting me at my bedroom door.

Seriously. Never going to America again.

Re:Couldn't care less

[element-o.p.]

1) Because he's right.

2) Because America receives lots of income from tourism, and the more people like him who choose to vacation elsewhere, the more our economy suffers, and

3) Did I mention that he's right?

I, too, have decided not to fly anywhere in the U.S. anymore due to the nonsense at the airports, and I am a U.S. citizen living in the U.S. Worse than that, I live in Alaska, so if I want to go anywhere, flying is pretty much my only choice. It would take up most of my vacation just trying to get through Canada to go anywhere else. But I REFUSE to subject myself or my family to TSA. I hope more people make the same choice, because once the airlines start to feel the pinch, maybe they can generate enough leverage to get the policies to change.