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Friend of mine flew out of Corpus Christi airport today. Interesting security.

Posted on 12/08/2010 6:22:20 PM PST by Shannon

A friend of mine flew out of Corpus today. This is a white, American born, woman in her early 60's. She's a very clean cut, well to do woman. I'll put her security story in the comment section.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bodyscanner; chat; patdown; patdowns; tsa; tsapervs; vanity
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She was told to stand for the body scanner; to put her feet in a certain spot and hold her arms up for 7 seconds. Then she was told to wait "for the results". Next thing she knows a woman with blue gloves is approaching her. My friend asked what's up. The blue glove woman told her that her necklace showed up. This gave blue glove woman reason to pat my friend down from next to waist with everything in between. My friend was floored.

When she got on the plane she struck up a conversation with a woman who'd been behind her in line. That woman told her about a man with the turban and woman in a burka who walked right on through; no body scanning and no pat downs. When the woman asked a male security agent what was up with that, she was told "It's against their religion to be inspected"!!! I told my friend that's one flight I'd be afraid to be on.

1 posted on 12/08/2010 6:22:26 PM PST by Shannon
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Characteristics of a sick, ill-informed government to allow such a thing...in short, I can’t believe what I read and hear in the news, almost every day now...


2 posted on 12/08/2010 6:26:27 PM PST by choctaw man (Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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What happens when everyone shows up in a Turbin and Burka?

Oh yea, it's to late and we lost. Amerikanistan.

3 posted on 12/08/2010 6:28:17 PM PST by MaxMax (Conservatism isn't a party)
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To: Shannon

Well alrighty then, we know how to dress for a flight out of town don’t we?


4 posted on 12/08/2010 6:29:51 PM PST by hope
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Yep, time to start the “Renta-Burka” ... drop me an email and a $1000 check for your personal franchise!


5 posted on 12/08/2010 6:32:26 PM PST by ThePatriotsFlag (You are just jealous because the voices aren't talking to YOU!)
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I told my friend she should have told blue glove woman that she too was Muslim and to buzz off. Problem is that she would have been arrested. Gas up the car.


6 posted on 12/08/2010 6:32:39 PM PST by Shannon
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“It is against my religion too!”

Wonder if that would work. Or do I have to wear the garb to get a free pass?


7 posted on 12/08/2010 6:33:51 PM PST by dhs12345
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Yep, time to start the “Renta-Burka” ... drop me an email and a $1000 check for your personal franchise!

Someone's going to make a fortune selling burka patterns for sewing aficionados.

8 posted on 12/08/2010 6:37:03 PM PST by MamaDearest
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Get rid of all metal that is concealed under the clothing.


9 posted on 12/08/2010 6:37:47 PM PST by deport
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What you said. The only person allowed to touch me with out arresting me is my hubby, a doctor, or a nurse.


10 posted on 12/08/2010 6:39:20 PM PST by notpoliticallycorewrecked (According to the MSM, I'm a fringe sitting, pajama wearing, Freeper)
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To: dhs12345

“It is against my religion too!”

Wonder if that would work. Or do I have to wear the garb to get a free pass?

I thought the same thing!! Of course, you and I would have to wear the garb and prove our “faith” while ‘they’ walk through...unbelieveable!


11 posted on 12/08/2010 6:39:20 PM PST by choctaw man (Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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..can’t wait for a passenger to video a burka getting a pass through.....it should go viral on you tube....and then wait for Big Sis Napolidioto to spin the issue....


12 posted on 12/08/2010 6:44:52 PM PST by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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My husband flew this week and is coming home tonight. I haven’t asked him how the security thing went, but he flew in and out of major airports. I’m curious to see what his experiences were.


13 posted on 12/08/2010 6:45:22 PM PST by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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They can see us if we are wearing a full burka. :)


14 posted on 12/08/2010 6:49:06 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: notpoliticallycorewrecked

We have given up flying so that we don’t have to deal with it.


15 posted on 12/08/2010 6:50:35 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: Shannon

http://videosift.com/video/Japanese-TV-mocks-TSA-security


16 posted on 12/08/2010 6:50:54 PM PST by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
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A turban? That’s not Muslim. FWIW.


17 posted on 12/08/2010 6:53:51 PM PST by Theo (May Rome decrease and Christ increase.)
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WOW!

Corpus Christi is the total Podunk airport of the Coastal Bend of Texas!

Who knew that they had sophisticated equipment, and why, for the few hundred, maybe a thousand travelers a day, onto - basically - commuter planes.

Sorry, I smell BS with this posting, or at least someone who is trying to make a big deal about a small event!


18 posted on 12/08/2010 7:04:18 PM PST by Noob1999 (Loose Lips Sink Ships)
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Doesn’t matter that it wasn’t a Muslim. What matters is that someone with a turban is allowed to walk on through. It wouldn’t take much brain power for someone with bad intentions to figure out what could be hidden inside a turban.


19 posted on 12/08/2010 7:04:32 PM PST by Shannon
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To: Shannon

I will not be flying for the near future.


20 posted on 12/08/2010 7:14:21 PM PST by Ciexyz
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