Originally Posted by
doober
To plagiarize goalie, "plane" and simple: if TSA thought something was amiss, they should have immediately called in the LEOs and left things to them. It seems as if some screener thought that if he couldn't catch a terrorist, maybe he could catch a kidnapper.

yup,
plane and simple. (and it's really quite simple and can be done discretely. use "the little thing in your ear" and request a leo)
Originally Posted by
SATTSO
...Regarding the OP: the child should NOT have been removed from the adult. Simple as that.
yup (redux)