TSA To Review Frisking After Kid Gets Pat Down

[MJS]

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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — A Kentucky couple wants the TSA to change how it screens children after their 6-year-old daughter was frisked at the New Orleans airport.

Selena Drexel told ABC's "Good Morning America" Wednesday the family was returning home from a vacation earlier this month when their daughter Anna was selected for a pat-down. She said she asked for her daughter to be re-scanned, but was refused.

The TSA strikes again. LOL.

 

[MJS]

Everyone IMO, should be getting screened in some fashion, but yes, they probably should have a different way to screen kids, vs. adults. Apparently, according to the parents, the child was crying, as she didn't know what was happening to her.

I do disagree when they said that kids were low risk people. I mean, do they honestly think that some nutjob terrorist wouldn't think twice about using a child to fulfill their terror deeds?

 

[Bill Mattocks]

Everyone IMO, should be getting screened in some fashion, but yes, they probably should have a different way to screen kids, vs. adults. Apparently, according to the parents, the child was crying, as she didn't know what was happening to her.

I do disagree when they said that kids were low risk people. I mean, do they honestly think that some nutjob terrorist wouldn't think twice about using a child to fulfill their terror deeds?

There has to be a better way for the government to ascertain that a child is not carrying any weapons or explosives short of a human being running his hands over the child's genitals. And yes, that's what the do now.

Where I'm from, that's molestation and it's a crime, even when the nice TSA agent does it.

And let's not pretend that the TSA could not possibly employ people who get their jollies this way:

http://www.eagletribune.com/latestnews/x300769656/Former-TSA-employee-charged-with-sex-assault

 

[Bob Hubbard]

I'm sure the TSA's review includes hand lotion, some tissues, and copious use of the pause button.

The TSA. Because not everyone can cut it as a mall cop.

 

[LuckyKBoxer]

this is why I can't fly now.
I have a 5 year old and a 2 year old.
I guarantee you the first person who touched either one of them would get kicked across the room and it would rapidly devolve into a "how many tsa agents can you take?" question.

So I choose to avoid the situation all together and say **** the TSA