[ActionNewsBill]

More TSA tyranny.

[Route101]

She looks like a terrorist to me!!!

[AppyPappy]

Beaman apologized and told them it was a mistake.

I'm sure Achmed will try that one too.

[SilentServiceCPOWife]

She says screeners refused to give her paperwork or documentation of her violation, documentation of the pending fine, or a copy of the photograph of the knife.

"They said 'no' and they said it's a national security issue. And I said what about my constitutional rights? And they said 'not at this point ... you don't have any'."

Unbelieveable.

[softwarecreator]

Cecilia Beaman is a 57-year-old grandmother, a principal at Pacific Middle School in Des Moines, and as of Sunday is also a suspected terrorist.

So guys beheading people, killing children and blowing up buildings are insurgents, but a 57 year old white grandmother is a terrorist?  Un-freaking-believable!

[Casekirchen]

And meanwhile, the TSA won't look at people whose physical appearance, social background, religious beliefs and points of origin match those of actual terrorists.

[Tijeras_Slim]

My concern is that if that's the way they're treating American citizens I would hate to think how they're treating other people.

Don't worry, they get a pass.

[Junior_G]

Brain-dead zero-tolerance policies suck no matter where they're applied.

[ClearCase_guy]

"You've committed a felony," Beaman says a security screener announced. "And you're considered a terrorist."
[snip]
And I said what about my constitutional rights? And they said 'not at this point ... you don't have any'."

I'm not a fan of TSA, they strike me as bullies. Now, having said that, I will also say that this woman's account seems overly dramatic and over-the-top. She's a member of a teachers' union, I imagine. I'm not eager to side with her either. Democrats lie.

[Xenophobic Alien]

I can understand how a mistake like this can happen but a little prior planning would have prevented it. Before I travel I empty my bags all the way and inspect them for anything that I might not know is in them and then pack them. But this general over all zero tolerance policy will get some innocent people just like it does in our schools.

[rodguy911]

This is an excellent thread and shows why it will be more than easy for us to be attacked again. While stoooopid Govt. workers waste unbelievable time on individuals that couldn't fit the terrorist profile if they wanted the real bad guys get a pass. Typical govt. inspired workers. Dumb some,most and all of the time.

[mo]

apparently the only consistent policy within the TSA is they've forgotten whom they work for.....as have, apparently, their congressional masters.

[MaryFromMichigan]

Well, I'm glad they nabbed this potential terrorist.
This proves that the TSA screeners are stopping people in a very politically correct manner,
and that is, in the end, far more important than actually stopping terrorists, isn't?

/dripping sarcasm

[Coop]

More TSA tyranny.

Tyranny. O-tay 'Panky!

[txdoda]

So now we have a 57 yr. old CITIZEN grandmother on our 'terrorist' watch list ??... LOL

Also this CITIZEN gets a felony record, plus a fine ??? Wonder if this will also affect her job ??

"This is not the way my country should be treating me," she said. My concern is that if that's the way they're treating American citizens I would hate to think how they're treating other people.

Oh, *they're* treating *other people* quite well, esp. if they are *only* foreigners just sneaking across our borders. These people simply *promise* to come to court, & they are set free.

[FreedomPoster]

I feel *so* much safer now.

[Egon]

Is it just me, or does anyone else see the irony?

We have here a middle-school principal complaining about a zero-tolerance policy.

What are the odds that if one of her older students brought something deemed to be a prohibited item, he'd be suspended, and she'd likely be the first to defend their zero-tolerance policy?

[Hatteras]

Well, maybe at least she'll think twice the next time she suspends some 1st grader for drawing a picture of a knife or gun.

[Beckwith]

One of the prerequisites for employment by the Transportation Security Administration is the applicant must be as brain dead as the bureaucrats that run TSA.

[sweetliberty]

"My concern is that if that's the way they're treating American citizens I would hate to think how they're treating other people. It's crazy."

Oh, I'm sure the real terrorist types are being treated just fine. Probably lots of them walked right past when you were being interrogated and harassed.Got to be careful not to offend any swarthy type foreigners and/or illegals you know.

Crazy? Nah. It's just that it's hard to see, let alone think clearly, when one's head is wedged that far up his/her posterior.

[MortMan]

Hmmm... NY Congressman Maurice Hinchey flies into DC with a pistol in his carry-on and gets a pass, but this lady gets caught with a serrated knife and is a terrorist? It speaks wonders to the idiocy of certain policies.

Yes, she broke the rules. Yes, there should be some repercussions for that. But there should be limits to the stupidity.