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Gore, staff led past airport security
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ^
| March 1, 2007
Posted on 03/01/2007 10:09:34 PM PST by george76
An airline employee led former Vice President Al Gore and two associates around airport security lines before police spotted the breach and required them to be screened, an airport spokeswoman said Thursday.
The American Airlines employee led the three down to the lower baggage level Wednesday and swiped each of them through a secure turnstile with her security badge, Nashville International Airport spokeswoman Lynne Lowrance said. She declined to identify the employee.
"Everyone goes through security," she said of the employee's action. "It showed bad judgment. They were trying to be helpful, maybe too helpful."
The employee will be required to take an airport security training course again,
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TOPICS: Front Page News; Miscellaneous; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: abovethelaw; airportsecurity; algore; dontyouknowwhoiam; gore
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posted on
03/01/2007 10:09:36 PM PST
by
george76
To: george76
He has a simple excuse. He's not used to all this public
stuff. It's so much easier when you use your own plane.
....JJ61
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posted on
03/01/2007 10:12:16 PM PST
by
JerseyJohn61
(Better Late Than Never.......sometimes over lapping is worth the effort....)
To: george76
"Some pigs are more equal than other pigs" --George Orwell, Animal Farm
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posted on
03/01/2007 10:12:19 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Newt Gingrich/John Bolton 2008)
To: george76
Kudos to the police for spotting this! Who knows who might have snuck into Goracle's party, disguised as a sycophant!!!
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posted on
03/01/2007 10:12:45 PM PST
by
pillut48
(CJ in TX (Bible Thumper and Proud!))
To: 2ndDivisionVet
two sets of rules
one for liberal elites and another set for everyone else.
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posted on
03/01/2007 10:14:15 PM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
The employee will be required to take an airport security training course againShould be fired.
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posted on
03/01/2007 10:16:00 PM PST
by
T. Buzzard Trueblood
("Pray for America. She needs it." - Ted Nugent)
To: george76
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posted on
03/01/2007 10:16:53 PM PST
by
Howlin
(Honk if you like Fred Thompson!!!)
To: T. Buzzard Trueblood
I agree that is a breach of security. If your average Joe has to go through security why can't Mr. Global Warming.
To: george76
Maybe he purchased "security credits" from people who will agree to be searched twice when they travel
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posted on
03/01/2007 10:18:17 PM PST
by
Larry Lucido
(Duncan Hunter 2008)
To: george76
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posted on
03/01/2007 10:19:27 PM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(BUAIDH NO BAS, JUST SAY NO TO RINO!)
To: george76
"The employee will be required to take an airport security training course again"
Chuck E. Cheese is on the main concourse, the employee's lounge is off-limits to non-residents.
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posted on
03/01/2007 10:20:11 PM PST
by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
To: Larry Lucido
Maybe he purchased "security credits" from people who will agree to be searched twice when they travelOk, that's hilarious.
To: george76
this airline employee deserves a promotion
13
posted on
03/01/2007 10:21:31 PM PST
by
vigilante2
(Thank You Troops)
To: Larry Lucido; jellybean
OMG........*Snort*............*Snicker*..........ROFLMAO!
You are one funny guy.
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posted on
03/01/2007 10:21:56 PM PST
by
Howlin
(Honk if you like Fred Thompson!!!)
To: Larry Lucido
"It's good to be the king!"- Mel Brooks
15
posted on
03/01/2007 10:22:00 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(When I was a kid, "global warming" was known as "the weather.")
To: Howlin
16
posted on
03/01/2007 10:22:20 PM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
How did he get the weather machine past security?
To: Larry Lucido
Maybe he purchased "security credits" from people who will agree to be searched twice when they travel" Ha! Nice. I am looking for "weight credits" or "exercise credits" so I can eat more and lose weight!!
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posted on
03/01/2007 10:23:29 PM PST
by
Drago
To: george76
Latest Weather Channel Headline:
GORE'S GLOBAL FLATULENCE FAILS TO SLIP PAST SECURITY!
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posted on
03/01/2007 10:23:36 PM PST
by
rusureitflies?
(OSAMA BIN LADEN IS DEAD! There, I said it. Prove me wrong.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Some pigs are more equal than other pigs" --George Orwell, Animal Farm'All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.' but you've got it. Gore is an elitist, leftist, bastard.
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posted on
03/01/2007 10:23:45 PM PST
by
radiohead
(They call me DOCTOR radiohead.)
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