What is with the TSA and their desire to treat children as terrorists? Did I miss something? Have there been a number of terrorist attacks committed by children? We have two recent incidences of a 4 and 7 yr old girls being treated as security threats. Keep in mind the 7 year old has cerebral palsy!
TSA is a complete and utter failure composed of glorified mall security cops. There is a fine line here I don’t want to cross because many of these people love their job and are trying to do the right thing. So I must point the finger of blame on John Pistole, Janet Napolitano, Eric Holder and of course their boss Emperor Obama!
It’s one story after another of abuse and misconduct by the TSA. The groping unnecessary pat downs, theft of people’s personal items etc the list goes on and on. Since the regime has deemed the war on terror to be over why is DHS and the TSA still engaging in these intrusive activities on travelers?
Where are our leaders to genuinely put a stop to this. Ron Paul always chimes in about the Constitution and then disappears into oblivion after he gets a boost. Where is he? Where is the great champion of the Constitution? Not newsworthy enough for him I guess to advance his position!
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Mom: TSA Treated My 4-year-old Like a Terrorist
By Todd Starnes / Fox News
A Montana lawmaker is furious after the four year old daughter of one of his constituents was labeled a “high security threat†when the child hugged her grandmother at a security checkpoint at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport.
Michelle Brademeyer, of Missoula, Mon., wrote about the incident on her Facebook page alleging TSA officers called for backup after her daughter would not stop crying and at one point was ordered to spread her legs.
Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-MT) told Fox News that he is outraged over the four-year-old’s treatment.
“Something is clearly very wrong if TSA’s protocol forced them to harass a four-year-old girl until she cried,†Rehberg said. “I intend to sit down with the TSA immediately and demand some answers.â€
The TSA confirmed to Fox News that an incident occurred at the airport — but defended the way their officers handled the situation.
“TSA has reviewed the incident and determined that our officers followed proper current screening procedures in conducting a modified pat-down on the child,†said Sterling Payne, of the TSA Office of Public Affairs.
The Brademeyer family’s ordeal began at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport after they had cleared a security checkpoint. Brademeyer’s mother, who happened to be traveling out of the same airport, set off an alarm and had to be re-screened.
Brademeyer’s four year old child was so excited to see her grandmother that she ran over to give her a brief hug. At that point, a TSA officer began yelling at the child and demanded she sit down and undergo a full body pat-down. ….. Read More
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Family Misses Flight After TSA Gives Pat-Down To Girl With Cerebral Palsy
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – The Transportation Security Administration is once again the subject of national scrutiny, this time after aggressively screening a 7-year-old female passenger with cerebral palsy which caused her family to miss their flight.
The girl, identified as Dina Frank in a report by The Daily, was waiting with her family on Monday to board a flight departing from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York headed to Florida.
Since Dina walks with the aid of leg braces and crutches, she cannot pass through airport metal detectors, and must instead submit to a pat-down by TSA agents.
Dina, who is also reportedly developmentally disabled, is usually frightened by the procedure. Her family reportedly requests that agents on hand take the time to introduce themselves to her.
However, the agents on duty at the time began to handle her aggressively instead.
Air travel is difficult to the family due to Dina’s disabilities, but the nature of Monday’s inspection was especially traumatic for the child.
“They make our lives completely difficult,†her father, Dr. Joshua Frank, a Long Island pediatrician, told The Daily. “She’s not a threat to national security.†….. Read More