<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by bdschobel:
Yes, and Dingell has a well-deserved reputation for being a very tough guy. Ask any witness at one of the hearings he used to run when he was a committee chairman (back when the Democrats were the majority in the House). And even he is a sheeple! I'm just amazed.
Anyway, what did the "security" screener see when he gazed at the naked body of Rep. Dingell? Could he see the metal hip that was implanted 20 years ago? I don't think so. What was the point?
Bruce</font>
They can run the wand against his naked skin and see that it still goes off, thus indicating that it is, indeed, something inside his body that is setting the detectors off. I'm not saying that I agree with this practice, I'm just explaining the rationale behind doing this.