TSA denies having required a 95-year-old woman to remove diaper

CNN ^ | 6/27/11 | CNN Wire Staff

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(CNN) -- The Transportation Security Administration has denied that its agents required a 95-year-old woman to remove her adult diaper last week before allowing her to pass a screening checkpoint at Northwest Florida Regional Airport.

"While every person and item must be screened before entering the secure boarding area, TSA works with passengers to resolve security alarms in a respectful and sensitive manner," the agency said Sunday night in a statement. "We have reviewed the circumstances involving this screening and determined that our officers acted professionally, according to proper procedure and did not require this passenger to remove an adult diaper."

A response released earlier Sunday by the TSA said that the agency had reviewed the circumstances "and determined that our officers acted professionally and according to proper procedure."

The woman's daughter, Jean Weber, told CNN on Monday that the TSA agents acted professionally and never ordered the removal of her mother's diaper. However, Weber said the agents made it clear that her mother could not board the plane unless they were able to inspect the diaper.

[ArmyTeach]

Correct me, anyone, if I’m wrong, but I think I heard that was a false flag. Wishful thinking.

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Someone needs to pose the question in simple terms.

Is not the TSA worse than the threat it was charged to deal with?

It's time to put this down now before it gets worse. They're already talking cars and buses.

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How about: “that’s okay, she can pass”.

[relictele]

But wait...didn’t the TSA claim they wouldn’t comment on individual cases?

Amazing how the boilerplate disappears when they start losing the PR war.

[OriginalChristian]

I hereby nominate the referenced ‘To’ post here as post of the day. Second?

[ArmyTeach]

I'm in no way supporting TSA, but they are technically true. They never required the dear lady to remove her continence diaper. They simply said they she could not board her plane unless she did. Is that what they call a 'Hobson's Choice?"