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Old Sep 22, 2015 | 9:54 am
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Vidiot
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According to this story in The Advocate, the TSA has released a statement:
“Our officers are trained to properly screen members of the transgender community. TSA takes all potential civil rights violations very seriously and conducted a review of the incident. After examining closed circuit TV video and other available information, TSA has determined that the evidence shows our officers followed TSA’s strict guidelines. Supervisory personnel and a Passenger Support Specialist participated in the screening to ensure guidelines were met.”
I don't see how guidelines were met if the TSA detained her illegally, conducted a retaliatory patdown, tried to take her phone away, told her she could not take photos or video, and told her she'd have to leave the airport.

Also, it's interesting that this statement does not appear in the press section of the TSA website. I guess the website is just out of date.
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