Too much about this story that simply doesn't add up.
1. What teacher/administrator prepares sandwiches for students on a school trip? And why did she need 3 knives?
2. A five and a half inch Bread knife? I've never had a bread knife that small. And why the detail about a rounded tip? I know it gives the appearance of a less dangerous weapon, but why was it provided to the reporter? I mean of all the things you'd be saying about your "ordeal" is that one of the important ones?
3. She sure seemed ready for a confrontation. "What about my constitutional rights?" Requesting all sorts of documentation...not that that's a bad idea, but many people in that situation can be confused. She's a pretty fast thinker, UNLESS, she had thought about this situation before hand.
4. On the trip home, screeners with the Transportation Security Administration at Los Angeles International Airport found it deep in the outside pocket of a carry-on cooler.
So why wasn't it found on the outbound trip. Xray equipment doesn't care if it was "deep inside" something.
5. "This is not the way my country should be treating me," she said. My concern is that if that's the way they're treating American citizens I would hate to think how they're treating other people. It's crazy." It looks like she went into the airport prepared for a confrontation.
She sounds like a trouble maker who is thinking lawsuit or wanted some ammo for the leftwing to attack the homeland security laws. I'd love to know her politics (and if she were a conservative, I'm sure the article would have told me).
Absolutely right! Great post.
I'd love to know what gubmint agency you work for.
Excellent point.
What teacher makes the sandwiches for her kids? None that I have ever seen. That is done at home.
Yeah, you're right...why do we need that pesky constitution and Bill of Rights for anyways.
Remember if you stand up for your rights, you must be a terrorist.
To those who scare peace loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: your tactics aid terrorists for they erode our national unity and diminish our resolve. They give ammunition to America’s enemies and pause to America’s friends.
John Ashcroft