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Future king of Spain, fiancee searched at Miami airport
USAQ Today ^
| 4/10/2004
Posted on 04/10/2004 10:31:26 AM PDT by traumer
MIAMI (AP) A routine security check at Miami International Airport turned into a diplomatic flap when the unhappy subjects of the search turned out to be the future king of Spain and his fiancee.
Spain's Crown Prince Felipe and fiancee Letizia Ortiz, shown here in 2003, may file a complaint.
The couple and four bodyguards were connecting onto a commercial airliner in Miami after arriving from the Bahamas in a chartered jet, The Miami Herald reported for Saturday's editions.
But before boarding their Iberia Airlines flight to Madrid on Thursday, Crown Prince Felipe, Spanish television anchorwoman Letizia Ortiz and their entourage had to pass through a security check.
"The prince and his bodyguard felt they should not be subjected to the screening, but if they do not have an escort from the State Department or the Secret Service, it is required," said Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Lauren Stover. "It's the law."
(Excerpt) Read more at usatoday.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airlinesecurity; miami; royals; spain; tsa
TOUGH !!
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posted on
04/10/2004 10:31:26 AM PDT
by
traumer
To: traumer
Why'd they get upset? Don't they realize that we are engaged in a War Against Terrorism? Oh, that's right! These are Spaniards ... guess they hope the war has no impact on them.
Guess again.
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posted on
04/10/2004 10:34:14 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(You can see it coming like a train on a track.)
To: traumer
Well, just goes to show you, the TSA employees are complete morons.
I wonder if Saudi officials are searched upon entry to the USA?
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posted on
04/10/2004 10:34:49 AM PDT
by
xrp
To: xrp
"I wonder if Saudi officials are searched upon entry to the USA? "
I bet not the ROYALS....
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posted on
04/10/2004 10:38:20 AM PDT
by
traumer
To: traumer
>Spain's Crown Prince Felipe and fiancee Letizia Ortiz, shown here in 2003
To: xrp
If they get a pass then the aircrew should too, as well as me. No exceptions. Either we profile and do it right or EVERYONE is subject to this insanity.
To: traumer
get over it filipe you elitist snot
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posted on
04/10/2004 10:48:33 AM PDT
by
mylife
To: mylife
Members of the luck sperm club do not like being treated like mere mortals...
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posted on
04/10/2004 10:50:01 AM PDT
by
Swanks
To: traumer
Spain's Crown Prince Felipe and fiancee Letizia Ortiz, shown here in 2003, may file a complaint. "Do you know who I am"???
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posted on
04/10/2004 11:22:50 AM PDT
by
TheSpottedOwl
(Torrance Ca....land of the flying monkeys)
To: theFIRMbss
I guess if you are a Crown Prince, you can be an ugly galoot and still get a great looking babe. Prince of Wales and Dianne would be another example, even more so in the case of the un-hansom nature of the Prince.
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posted on
04/10/2004 11:23:04 AM PDT
by
El Gato
(Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
To: traumer
The couple, who had only given six hours notice instead of the standard 72 Enough said. Rules are rules. How about THEM having a little respect for OURS? k.
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posted on
04/10/2004 11:25:25 AM PDT
by
kdot
To: traumer
""The prince and his bodyguard felt they should not be subjected to the screening..."
Well, lah-dee-dah. They don't have to be subject to the screening. They can stay home!
To: El Gato
Prince of Wales and Dianne would be another example Near as I can tell Prince William didn't come from either of them. Harry OTOH...
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posted on
04/10/2004 11:34:22 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(If your cat has babies in the oven you don't call them biscuits!)
To: Henrietta
Well, lah-dee-dah. They don't have to be subject to the screening. They can stay home! The only thing is, what is the chance the Crown Prince of an allied county is a terrorist? Who didn't get screened as thoroughly as they should have because of the time spent on the Spanish royalty? Probably 3 Moroccans, a Tunisian, a couple from Yemen and who knows how many Saudis? TSA has a problem with priorities, IMHO.
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posted on
04/10/2004 1:49:08 PM PDT
by
El Gato
(Federal Judges can twist the Constitution into anything.. Or so they think.)
To: El Gato
>I guess if you are a
Crown Prince, you can be an ugly galoot and still get a great looking babe
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The propaganda hit the girls from fairy tales and from Hollywood.
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To: traumer
Two words and they ain't your majesty.
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posted on
04/10/2004 2:32:18 PM PDT
by
jwalsh07
To: El Gato
"The only thing is, what is the chance the Crown Prince of an allied county is a terrorist? "
Probably very little, but that's not the point. He needs to be screened just like everybody else because we don't know who his entourage is, and stuff can always be snuck into people's bags without them knowing it.
And if he doesn't like it, he can stay home.
To: traumer
..since when is doing somethig by the book a newsworthy event?
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posted on
04/11/2004 10:44:01 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
(MKC USCG - ret)
To: traumer
So much for noblesse oblige.
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posted on
04/11/2004 10:45:06 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
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