Posted on 01/07/2007 1:51:52 PM PST by Hostage
I'm so sorry for your MIL. That story is truly dreadful.
Call your local newspaper and your local congresscritter -- someone needs to put this front and center... and soon. It's an outrage.
It would seem that Lithuanian grandmothers send shivers of fear down the spines of customs officials. Yet mid-eastern men in garb that says "I am a radical" are waved right on past, lest we be accused of profiling.
Today she is doting on her grandson and both are all smiles."
So, she's fine?
But her impression of America or at least Seattle SeaTac airport is forever a memory of fear."
Take her to a Walmart superstore and she will forget all about it.
No problem at all! Very thick skin here!
Regards, Ivan
My next door neigbor is 88. Her husband is 91. They will not fly anymore because of the way they were treated by airport security on their last trip.
Heh, heh. Seatac is where my wifes friend turned a corner in the lower level maintenance area and found three TSA agents rifling through a large suitcase, clothes strewn everywhere.
But it is not just Seatac. If you don't speak the native toungue of a country that is seriously concerned about who enters, and then try to enter that country, there is the potential for a major Fubar. Personal ones are the worst kind.
Looks like we need more interpretters.
Keep us up-dated...
You, and others, were implying that this wasn't a big deal, and you used anecdotal evidence that you suffered much the same during jury duty, etc. I was just surprised to find out that they strip search people at jury duty and at the MVD.
How do you know she was stripped searched?
How do you know she wasn't? We're going on a freeper's word here, as opposed to the media or government. I give a little more weight and the benefit of the doubt to a freeper until proven otherwise.
Besides, we all know how bad TSA can be. With the multiple occurrences of TSA abusing their authority and doing their anti-profiling, this is entirely possible.
The Freeper wants a autographed photo with an apology from a government official. That's not Freeper talk.
What would you say about the TSA if another 911 happened?
Even the TSA is innocent until proven guilty.
Calvados?
The easiest way would be to fly her into Tijuana and run her across the border in a rental truck.
Your web page is really fine. And I will be thinking very hard about your comment.
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