[Republic of Texas]

They can wonder, hell they can ask to see, just not in public. They can also show some consideration when a pregnant woman and her husband get upset. That is no reason to throw them in a cell, threaten them with a felony, and banish them from the airport. Once it was determined she was pregnant, and neither were a threat, the manly thing do to is apologize for the inconvenience and send them on their way. Unless you are a loser who gets a kick out of hurting (psycologically) other people to build up your own worthless ego.

[HairOfTheDog]

They were both upset, they didn't both get arrested. Only the one that had a temper tantrum got arrested.

[cajungirl]

I agree with you and wonder if this is a case of "you had to be there". I have had nothing but ppolite encounters with security and have never seen any other kind. I do think the screenings of perfectly ordinary looking obviously American non terrorists is silly. So my guess is this guy was on edge the entire time and security went overboard. At any rate, if my husband wrote about something like this after it happened, he would be beggiing for the jail and security people after I got thru with giving him a piece of my mind.