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Airport Security Horror Stories

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Josh started this discussion 13 years 1 week ago

TSA Pat-Down Horror Stories
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/slideshow/photos-lori-dorn-breasts-tsa-patdown-12186319

Brantley told NBC News that she could not go any further until they checked her hair for explosives. "And so she started patting my hair, and I was in tears at that point," she said. "And she was digging in my scalp."

Have you ever had a horror story at airport security or border crossings?

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sydney

12 years

I never had but reading about them has made me super nervous to go to the airport. I always feel like a criminal just because I want to board a plane. Some pretty bad ones are listed here http://rawjustice.com/2010/11/22/10-of-the-most-outrageous-tsa-horror-stories/

some highlights:
4 year old handicapped boy being forced to take off his leg braces (the only way he can walk) and then walk through the metal detector on his own.

A cancer survivor (and flight attendant) being forced to remove her prosthetic breast and show it them.

man handling a 3 year old after she freaked out at having to put her teddy through the xray scanner

and much more...

It seems like TSA have the right to do whatever they want to you. I read the TSA Screening and Your Rights paper and the number one thing on the list is

"You have the right to not go through electronic strip search (aka AIT, MMW, WBI)is.gd/ihEwf… but if you are “selected” (e.g. “SSSS” mark) and choose not to go through, you will get an “enhanced pat down”… and even if you do go through, you might get an “enhanced pat down” anyway"

So I have the right to not go through but I'll be patted down and even if I DO go through I can be patted down any way? Those are some real good rights...

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Josh Hostels

12 years

That is a shocking video of them patting down the screaming kid.

The scanners don't even work. It's another scam where private companies grease the pockets of revolving-door politicians, who then waste taxpayer money on useless junk that doesn't work.

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Ian Brown

12 years

As bad as some of these stories are, I really think some people need to take a look at themselves. The amount of clothing and hand luggage people take is ridiculous, if everyone cut down on the crap that should be in checked luggage-then all these security checks wouldnt be neccessary.

Everyone knows they are goin to take place, have everything ready- take shoes and hats of,empty pockets-the amount of people you see that are so ignorant or lost in there own worlds drives me crazy.

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