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February 16, 2010
TSA Overkill
Posted by The MaryHunter at February 16, 2010 4:28 AM
The Transportation Safety Administration has done it again: saved us from the ravages of a stealth domestic terrorist.
Did you hear about the Camden cop whose disabled son wasn't allowed to pass through airport security unless he took off his leg braces?
Unfortunately, it's no joke. This happened to Bob Thomas, a 53-year-old officer in Camden's emergency crime suppression team, who was flying to Orlando in March with his wife, Leona, and their son, Ryan.
Ryan was taking his first flight, to Walt Disney World, for his fourth birthday.
Procedures to protect our nation's safety were followed -- perhaps not the correct ones, but procedures nonetheless.
On Friday, TSA spokeswoman Ann Davis said the boy never should have been told to remove his braces.
TSA policy should have allowed the parents to help the boy to a private screening area where he could have been swabbed for traces of explosive materials.
In honor of those brave, conscientious, and wise souls looking out for us every day in our nation's airports, this salute video bears re-posting:
