And as I boarded the train, the MPs confiscated the bat on the basis it could be used as a lethal weapon." A guard took Mineta's baseball bat as a child, and as a result he was subjecting all of America to the Bataan Death March. I think Ann could empathize with Mineta! As I recall she told a story of while being processed by airport security, she had a charm necklace (bracelet) confiscated from her, as it had a bullet charm on it. (It could be used as a weapon, dontcha know)
She tears Mineta apart for airport screening and refusing to profile. Rightly so. He did the typical liberal emotional thing--told about what happened to him 60 years ago to justify not doing what everyone knew had to be done: profile young mideastern males--not search grandmothers and Al Gore.