Female senator tweets about 'very uncomfortable' screening by TSA (McCaskill)

The Hill ^

[SMGFan]

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) complained Monday she was subject to a very uncomfortable screening by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). McCaskill tweeted about the experience before boarding a flight on Monday.

The senator, who has complained about the TSA's security techniques in the past, tweeted that she was selected for a pat down and that the experience was not a pleasant one. "‪Today in my airport screening, test on my hands was positive," McCaskill wrote to her 89,100 followers. "Got private, more aggressive pat down. OMG. #veryuncomfortable‬."

[maine yankee]

Dry cleaning chemicals can trigger the machine.

If you carry a coat over your arm, and you perspire, it transfers to your skin.

[GladesGuru]

“No, she has one of those for her vibrator...

...that runs on a car battery and has leaf springs. “

Might you be implying that Democrap Senator could be what an earlier generation called “a leather bottomed whore”?

[Paladin2]

She should be on the No Fly list.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

The key phrase here is “complained about the TSA’s security techniques in the past.”

Maybe the TSA types had it in for her. Who knows.

[svcw]

I have pins in my shoulder, and always get a pat down - first because I can’t lift my arm high enough for the naked picture one, and the wand always goes off on the other.
They do not laugh when you ask them if they are going to buy you dinner first.
Once in Denver, the supervisor came over and said ‘just move along’ and then yelled at the women TSA and said “use some common sense”.
Since we can have knives now, and studies show they let bombs through - why are we still bothering people who fly?

[I want the USA back]

Won’t make any difference. TSA is in the business of manufacturing sheep.

[45semi]

“No, she has one of those for her vibrator...
...that runs on a car battery and has leaf springs. “
Might you be implying that Democrap Senator could be what an earlier generation called “a leather bottomed whore”?

And a can of axel grease for...nm...not gonna go there...

[luv2ndamend]

Your a Senator? I am sorry, you are a terrorist!

[VRWCmember]

"‪Today in my airport screening, test on my hands was positive,"

Is TSA testing for BS now?

[msrngtp2002]

I know I will get flamed by this but over the past couple years I have flown 8 times. I have NEVER had a TSA person be rude to me, inappropriately touch me, go through my stuff, take anything, or any of these things I read about. I have never witnessed any of these things either.

And these trips have been through different airports, at different times of the day and days of the week. They were at busy times and slow times.

Perhaps a lot of this stuff we read about is brought on by the person complaining? I understand the occasional hitleresque person who searches grandma in a wheelchair or does a cavity search on a 7 year old - but where do all these things happen? And happen to whom?

Everyone I have dealt with at every level has been professional, courteous, and actually smiling.

Am I missing something?

[elcid1970]

You’re lucky!

[beandog]

I have to say I’ve never had any problem either.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

I wonder why? Perchlorate is non-flammable and not a known “small dose” toxic chemical. It doesn’t have a noxious odor. Interesting.

[gaijin]

The next day he DIDN'T CALL...!

[wrench]

No, SHE didn’t call

[MasterGunner01]

After Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano have a lover’s tryst at Nappy’s palatial digs, everything will be straightened out. McCaskill is a TSA groped dope.

[Viennacon]

“McCaskill wrote to her 89,100 followers”

Who the hell would ‘follow’ this witch? Oh, wait. The majority of Missouri voters.

[karnage]

The whole TSA thing is unnecessary, unconstitutional and disgusting. It conditions us to kowtow to the almighty government as if we are subservient quasi-felons. Whether the minions are rude or polite is irrelevant. They shouldn’t be doing what they are doing. And we shouldn’t put up with it. But we do. Because we are no longer Americans, but gutless sheep.

[Fred]

Heard the TSA agent was screaming... my eyes... my eyes... I’M BLIND!!!

[fini]

For the most part I agree with you. I too have been through a lot of airports and ALMOST always the screeners were professional and pleasant. But twice I have had bad experiences. The first was when I was coming back from Iraq. I came home wearing my uniform and still got had patted at every leg of the journey. Not only that, but my pistol was in my checked in luggage and my orders were in my hand. Common sense was on vacation that day. The next time, the person in-front of me had a belt buckle that had a picture of a pistol impressed into the buckle plate. The screener had no idea how to handle it, nor was she impressed when I commented that "if a buckle with a pistol on it was an issue, I'm glad I didn't wear a T-shirt with a tank on it."

I really don't see the need to screen (there are a lot of very good passive sensors now and the passengers are not going to allow a hijacking anymore), but maybe they want to train us to be sheep.