Posted on 11/26/2010 8:52:22 PM PST by greatdefender
ORLANDO, Florida -- The head of the Transportation Security Administration said the agency will look further into allegations that two male TSA workers picked a woman for additional screening because of her breasts.
Eliana Sutherland recently flew from Orlando International Airport and told our sister station WKMG Local 6 she felt the two male TSA workers were staring at her breasts and chose her for additional screening because of their size.
"It was pretty obvious. One of the guys that was staring me up and down was the one who pulled me over," said Sutherland. "Not a comfortable feeling."
Experiences like Sutherland's have been reported across the country. Whether it's pat-downs or full-body scans, the changes are making some people question who gets chosen and why.
But it appears out of the tens of thousands going through security, only a small part of them may have to deal with this controversial checkpoint.
While some may try to clog the system by opting-out of the scans, Local 6 found they might not make an impact because most people prefer the scans. According to the latest survey done by USA Today/Gallup, it appears most people do not mind the body scans.
Colleen Moskaly went through a full body scan recently while her security agents performed a pat-down on her infant son. She said, "I'm not good with people touching me and touching my son. The only person that sees the screen is the security guy."
The TSA said people are chosen for additional screening at random and strictly for security reasons.
The Orlando International Airport officials suggest travelers arrive at least two hours before their flight.
You don’t have to vaporize a building to kill everyone inside. Just enough to take out the roof supports will crush everyone inside. Even if it took more than a pound, the point is that there is no security at all at those locations. There are softer targets if terrorists really want to kill a few hundred people, and easy to get into with a backpack full of explosives and nails if that’s what it takes.
Seems the scanner thought I was smuggling a radiator hose in my pants.....
For some reason al Quaeda has this fixation on blowing up airplanes, the more at one time the better. Since this is a relatively difficult thing to accomplish, they’ve left all these soft targets you mention alone. (Not to mention a great many others I won’t mention.) With the highly notable exception of 9/11, they’ve actually been quite ineffective as terrorists.
Let us give thanks for that.
Kellis91789, you need look no further than the Pacific Northwest for confirmation of your observation. A Somali “teen” attempting to set off a (LEO faked) car bomb outside a Christmas gathering...reported just within the last 24 hours.
No scanners involved. No patdowns. Not even any Israeli-style profiling...
Time to pitch ‘em all out of the country, back to the cesspools out from which they crawled.
That should read: "The Orlando International Airport officials suggest travelers arrive at least two hours before their flight, three hours if the traveler is an attractive and well-endowed woman."
same guy. same purple hearts
I'm with ya. It's going to come to that, despite any opposition or caterwauling from the left. Our survival as a people, and as a nation will one day come to that.
Islam isn't going to reform. That much is clear. Western countries will all have to eventually face the decision to either fall to Islam, or eject every muslim from their midst.
Good one. In fact, a terrorist could cause more collateral damage at the lines waiting for a TSA pat down.
I don’t know about JOHN KERRY’s involvement, but I do know that Bush’s Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is hugely involved in the scanner company. (Perhaps part owner?) IIRC, the contract was drawn up while he was still in office.
Then Glenn Beck owes an apology to jon cary, who served in vietnam.
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