TSA Detains Normandy Park (WA) 5-Year-Old, As National Security Risk, at Sea-Tac (No-Fly List)

Consumerist.com via king5.com ^ | 1-8-08 | King5-TV

[GraniteStateConservative]

A 5-year-old boy was detained as "security risk" because he had the same name of someone on the TSA "No-Fly" list. The TSA had to conduct a full search of their persons and belongings. When his mother went to pick him up and hug him and comfort him during the proceedings, she was told not to touch him because he was a national security risk. They also had to frisk her again to make sure the little Dillinger hadn't passed anything dangerous weapons or materials to his mother when she hugged him.

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[neodad]

I’m glad we federalized all those screeners. They’re so much more professional now.

[sourcery]

You'd think an incident such as this would make people realize why Fourth Ammendment protections against unreasonable seach and seizure apply just a much today as they did 200 years ago. Even at airports.

But I doubt it.

[Eagles6]

Where’s the picture of the muslim woman in the headcarf searching the nun?

[kittymyrib]

Those high-school drop-outs love the power to harass their betters that that badge gives them.

[goldstategop]

TSA idiots.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[GraniteStateConservative]

[ECM]

Oh I *need* to see that, gimme!

[GraniteStateConservative]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1951175/posts?page=7#7

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Your government at work.

[Eagles6]

Good Lord, please save us from ourselves!

[nuconvert]

How hard would it be to the age next to the name of the person on the “no Fly” list?

[elcid1970]

TSA = worthless no good nazis

[darkangel82]

Because that makes too much sense.

[nuconvert]

lol. I’m glad it made sense to someone reading it since I left out a word. Lol

[vox_freedom]

Just think what the situation will be if Hilliary or Obama is elected with their union goons leading the government workers.

[Airwinger]

Please be careful not to paint with such a broad brush. Are there idiots and folks at the TSA that have no business being there?? YES, Are they all stupid useless dropouts? No.
Having worked, and since left because of pitiful upper management, I can admit its many many faults. But there are some really good people there trying their level best to do an impossible job, a job they are told to do, NO matter what, by a inflexible management that has passed down very poor policy.

[NonValueAdded]

“You don’t professionalize unless you Federalize,” said Little Tommy Dash-hole.

[darkangel82]

He still hasn’t learned, even after being kicked out of the senate.

[Duke Nukum]

My goodness, the TSA is full of idiots. I guess they didn’t find any deadly sippy cups.

[mvpel]

“You don’t professionalize unless you Federalize,” said Little Tommy Dash-hole.

[elcid1970]

Broad brush?

I have felt the tip of the spear.

[ECM]

And here I thought that it was a joke...unbelievable.

[ridesthemiles]

TV clip the other day of someone frisking Muhammed Ali the other day. Black guy going all over him, who Ali sat down and what appeared to be his daughter stood by him. Didn’t catch what airport this was. What a total piece of crap. The man has Parkinson’s-—not a Remington.

[mvpel]

I AM MATTHEW GARDNER!!

[Clintonfatigued]

Our tax dollars at work.

[When do we get liberated?]

I had an ex-girlfriend that wanted to take a bottle of wine and a bottle of shampoo on an airplane last year. I told her they would take them. She tried anyways. Assumed she could look cute, ask nicely and then act insulted...worked everywhere else in her life, why not there? lol
I bet she made dozens of people late that day

[Eagles6]

It is a joke...just not funny.

[mountn man]

At least someone started getting on the right track, though obviously quite by accident, I'm sure.

He was searching someone named Muhammed and Ali.

[Fast Ed97]

Having worked, and since left because of pitiful upper management, I can admit its many many faults. But there are some really good people there trying their level best to do an impossible job, a job they are told to do, NO matter what, by a inflexible management that has passed down very poor policy.

I agree. I travel all the time and rarely have problems with the TSA except at small to medium airports like SDF and DSM where they seem to take their job a little too seriously. But the blame goes squarely on the Bush Administration who not only created the TSA..but instituted the whole level orange/red/yellow crap. Not to mention the hideous rule that noone can carry on more than 3oz of liquids and it must be in a resealable 1 quart sized plastic bag--I feel so much safer.

[Fast Ed97]

BTW I heard today that we are still at “Level Orange.” Is there any talk of it going to Yellow anytime soon?

[Kevmo]

I get the impression that AIDS is doing to Africa what the Black Plague did to Europe — change the whole social structure. After the Plague had its run, Europe saw the beginning of an affluent culture because there were fewer people in society with more goods. And cleanliness/fastidiousness was the prevailing survival skill. With AIDS, maybe an after effect of affluence might happen, and the prevailing survival skill will be faithfulness.

[irishtenor]

I can’t wait until we go to Chartreuse and Fuchsia.

[Kevmo]

oops, that post was for the next thread...

[NonValueAdded]

The only thing going for Little Tommy is that Harry makes him look good by comparison.

[Natty Bumppo@frontier.net]

I can’t wait until we go to Chartreuse and Fuchsia.

For the fabulously frightening situations they will use Mauve and Puce as Fuchsia is soooooooo yesterday!

[irishtenor]

Nooooooooooo, not mauve, please. At least a nice shade of burnt umber or seafoam.

[darkangel82]

They can use peach and turquoise for when it gets really fubar, like now.

[AlaskaErik]

These loathsome boarding gate Nazis make me want to puke, as well as to not fly.

[okie01]

Are there idiots and folks at the TSA that have no business being there?? YES, Are they all stupid useless dropouts? No. Having worked, and since left because of pitiful upper management, I can admit its many many faults. But there are some really good people there trying their level best to do an impossible job, a job they are told to do, NO matter what, by a inflexible management that has passed down very poor policy.

In other words, the TSA is your ordinary run-of-the-mill federal bureaucracy.

You've just described every federal agency I've come in contact with. Some good people trying their best, some people putting in their time and a significant number of total incompetents. Led by inflexible management that enforces a very rigid and very poor policy, bordering on insane.

Why we should turn health care over to an organization like this escapes me.

[dljordan]

Don’t the folks in Washington know how very stupid this makes them look?

[GraniteStateConservative]

What’s the frequency, Kenneth?

[dljordan]

“Having worked, and since left because of pitiful upper management, I can admit its many many faults. But there are some really good people there trying their level best to do an impossible job, a job they are told to do, NO matter what, by a inflexible management that has passed down very poor policy.”

Give them a break because they’re “only following orders”? :)

[Kevmo]

See post #34.

[Leo Carpathian]

Algore new law coming soon: Citizens are allowed one fart per day. Illegals not included, but they can sell unlimited fart credits.

[darkangel82]

Does that include brain farts?

[irishtenor]

And teal is so 80s.

[Fast Moving Angel]

I agree, the TSA is filled with officious idiots — or maybe that’s just plain incompetent idiots. I recently flew out of Atlanta. My driver’s license is in a clear plastic pocket in the front of my wallet. With every other TSA checker, all I’ve had to do was hold up my wallet, the checker looks at my license and waves me through. Not so here. I had to take it out of the pocket so that this bonehead could inspect it, front and back.

All the while, one of her co-workers was dozing off at the x-ray screen.

I kid you not.

[Natty Bumppo@frontier.net]

A toast of Bushmill’s finest single malt to the madness of it all....

Slainte Mhath!

[Wings-n-Wind]

TSA...
Stupid is... as stupid does...

Thankyewwwww.... Forrest