Originally Posted by
vassilipan
Gloria Allred just announced on FOXNews that Kip Hawley is changing procedures to allow visual inspection instead of removing "objects."
and for your reading pleasure on the tsa website and stop the clocks folks, the tsa admits to a mistake
(well in a left handed way-tho b/s in any language is still b/s)
Statement on Alleged Improper Screening at Lubbock, Texas
News & Happenings
March 28, 2008
TSA has reviewed the circumstances related to the screening of a passenger with body piercings that occurred recently in Lubbock, Texas. It appears that the Transportation Security Officers involved properly followed procedures in that incident. They rightly insisted that the alarm that was raised be resolved. TSA supports the thoroughness of the Officers involved as they were acting to protect the passengers and crews of the flights departing Lubbock that day.
TSA has reviewed the procedures themselves and agrees that they need to be changed. In the future TSA will inform passengers that they have the option to resolve the alarm through a visual inspection of the article in lieu of removing the item in question. TSA acknowledges that our procedures caused difficulty for the passenger involved and regrets the situation in which she found herself. We appreciate her raising awareness on this issue and we are changing the procedures to ensure that this does not happen again.