Originally Posted by
Boggie Dog
Given the repeated egregious behavior of some TSA employees over TSA's short history I am more willing than not to give every benefit of doubt to people who report unpleasant encounters with TSA. If that is biased then so mote it be.
It would take more confirmation bias to disbelieve key elements of the mother's story than it takes to disbelieve the story of those taking issue with the mother's story -- in substantial part because the methods indicated in the story are well within the range of what the TSA actually does.