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Gore, staff led past airport security
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ^ | March 1, 2007

Posted on 03/01/2007 10:09:34 PM PST by george76

An airline employee led former Vice President Al Gore and two associates around airport security lines before police spotted the breach and required them to be screened, an airport spokeswoman said Thursday.

The American Airlines employee led the three down to the lower baggage level Wednesday and swiped each of them through a secure turnstile with her security badge, Nashville International Airport spokeswoman Lynne Lowrance said. She declined to identify the employee.

"Everyone goes through security," she said of the employee's action. "It showed bad judgment. They were trying to be helpful, maybe too helpful."

The employee will be required to take an airport security training course again,

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Miscellaneous; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: abovethelaw; airportsecurity; algore; dontyouknowwhoiam; gore
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1 posted on 03/01/2007 10:09:36 PM PST by george76
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He has a simple excuse. He's not used to all this public
stuff. It's so much easier when you use your own plane.
....JJ61


2 posted on 03/01/2007 10:12:16 PM PST by JerseyJohn61 (Better Late Than Never.......sometimes over lapping is worth the effort....)
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To: george76

"Some pigs are more equal than other pigs" --George Orwell, Animal Farm


3 posted on 03/01/2007 10:12:19 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Newt Gingrich/John Bolton 2008)
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To: george76

Kudos to the police for spotting this! Who knows who might have snuck into Goracle's party, disguised as a sycophant!!!


4 posted on 03/01/2007 10:12:45 PM PST by pillut48 (CJ in TX (Bible Thumper and Proud!))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

two sets of rules


one for liberal elites and another set for everyone else.


5 posted on 03/01/2007 10:14:15 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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The employee will be required to take an airport security training course again

Should be fired.

6 posted on 03/01/2007 10:16:00 PM PST by T. Buzzard Trueblood ("Pray for America. She needs it." - Ted Nugent)
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To: george76

I love this stuff.


7 posted on 03/01/2007 10:16:53 PM PST by Howlin (Honk if you like Fred Thompson!!!)
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To: T. Buzzard Trueblood

I agree that is a breach of security. If your average Joe has to go through security why can't Mr. Global Warming.


8 posted on 03/01/2007 10:17:34 PM PST by YoungSoutherner
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To: george76

Maybe he purchased "security credits" from people who will agree to be searched twice when they travel


9 posted on 03/01/2007 10:18:17 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Duncan Hunter 2008)
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To: george76

Strip search the turkey!


10 posted on 03/01/2007 10:19:27 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (BUAIDH NO BAS, JUST SAY NO TO RINO!)
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"The employee will be required to take an airport security training course again"

Chuck E. Cheese is on the main concourse, the employee's lounge is off-limits to non-residents.


11 posted on 03/01/2007 10:20:11 PM PST by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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Maybe he purchased "security credits" from people who will agree to be searched twice when they travel

Ok, that's hilarious.

12 posted on 03/01/2007 10:21:04 PM PST by Alter Kaker
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To: george76

this airline employee deserves a promotion


13 posted on 03/01/2007 10:21:31 PM PST by vigilante2 (Thank You Troops)
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To: Larry Lucido; jellybean

OMG........*Snort*............*Snicker*..........ROFLMAO!

You are one funny guy.


14 posted on 03/01/2007 10:21:56 PM PST by Howlin (Honk if you like Fred Thompson!!!)
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To: Larry Lucido

"It's good to be the king!"- Mel Brooks


15 posted on 03/01/2007 10:22:00 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (When I was a kid, "global warming" was known as "the weather.")
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To: Howlin

thanks

me too


16 posted on 03/01/2007 10:22:20 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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How did he get the weather machine past security?


17 posted on 03/01/2007 10:22:33 PM PST by Blind Eye Jones
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Maybe he purchased "security credits" from people who will agree to be searched twice when they travel"

Ha! Nice. I am looking for "weight credits" or "exercise credits" so I can eat more and lose weight!!

18 posted on 03/01/2007 10:23:29 PM PST by Drago
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To: george76

Latest Weather Channel Headline:
GORE'S GLOBAL FLATULENCE FAILS TO SLIP PAST SECURITY!


19 posted on 03/01/2007 10:23:36 PM PST by rusureitflies? (OSAMA BIN LADEN IS DEAD! There, I said it. Prove me wrong.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Some pigs are more equal than other pigs" --George Orwell, Animal Farm

'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.' but you've got it. Gore is an elitist, leftist, bastard.

20 posted on 03/01/2007 10:23:45 PM PST by radiohead (They call me DOCTOR radiohead.)
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