Posted on 06/20/2007 8:12:46 AM PDT by John Semmens
Monica Emmerson and her 19-month old son missed their flight to Nevada when they were hassled by Transportation Security Administration officials at Reagan National Airport on June 11th. The incident was initiated because there was water in her son's “sippy” cup.
The sippy cup, the only vessel the woman’s son would drink from, was seized by TSA because it may have contained more than three ounces of liquid. A TSA security guard instructed Emmerson to drink the liquid in order to “prove she wasn’t trying to pull something.” Nervous and agitated, she spilled the water.
The spill sent the TSA into full alert mode. Emmerson was forced to sop up the spilled water. Under threat of arrest, Emmerson was required to apologize for “disrespecting the authority of an officer of the United States Government.”
TSA spokesman Jack Bute, denied rumors that the attractive mother had been detained because she was “hot.” “There is no evidence that Ms. Emmerson’s looks had anything to do with the actions of our officers at the scene,” Bute said. “Was she asked to disrobe? Were her orifices probed? I can assure you that the fact that the standard ‘hot babe’ procedures were not activated by the TSA crew on duty confirms that this was not the case.”
Bute called the incident part of the TSA’s “random exemplification program.” “When would-be terrorists observe that we are not averse to bullying a mother with a screaming child they know we mean business,” Bute said. “No action is too extreme or unreasonable when the nation’s safety is at stake.”
During the incident another passenger was inadvertently allowed past the security checkpoint carrying a seven-inch hunting knife.
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Emmerson was forced to sop up the spilled water.
The brutes!!!!
What? Do they push a hidden button somewhere and lights and alarms go off? Where in the TSA manual is this procedure listed I wonder?
pictures?
You conviently left out some details.
Like the woman claimer to be a Secret Service Agent (she used to be) and the rules didn’t apply to her. Also her intentionally dumping the water on the floor.
TSA Releases Tape After Woman Says Sippy Cup Caused Airport Raucus
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1851374/posts
June 16, 2007
Now THAT is scary. Pick someone out of line who is doing nothing wrong just to make an example of them. WTF?
Check the source. John Semmens is second only to Scrappleface for “catching” floks.
Next time have something shiny and expensive looking in your carry-on or to put in the tubs. That’ll distract ‘em for about 5 minutes as they try to collectively figure out how to confiscate it.
I watched the tape on youtube. She dumped the sippy cup onto the floor.
I like the part about the knife...
Thanks. Humor is best based in reality, and this sounds completely plausible for the draconian TSA.
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