TSA & head coverings
Feb 24, 2016 | 7:03 am
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TSA & head coverings
Here's today's blog thread:
http://blog.tsa.gov/2016/02/asktsa-t...er-140_23.html
However, the passenger in question says this is what really happened:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toront...rban-1.3460092
Yet again, TSA and Bob do not tell us the whole story.
http://blog.tsa.gov/2016/02/asktsa-t...er-140_23.html
After determining that there was no threat, the passenger was allowed to put his turban back on and requested a mirror. As there was no mirror in the private screening room, he was advised of a restroom down the hall with mirrors.
But when he asked for a mirror to put the turban back on, security directed him to a public washroom at the other side of the terminal, he said. That forced him to walk through the airport without the sacred religious headpiece.
"It's an embarrassing and really insensitive ordeal," he said, calling it like asking someone to remove their underwear in public.
"It's an embarrassing and really insensitive ordeal," he said, calling it like asking someone to remove their underwear in public.
Yet again, TSA and Bob do not tell us the whole story.
Last edited by petaluma1; Feb 24, 2016 at 7:05 am Reason: forgot link
Feb 25, 2016 | 8:21 am
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I think you're thinking of Akal Security, which took over from FirstLine at MCI (Kansas City).
Akal is owned by a Sikh. Covenant is owned by some lady.
Akal is owned by a Sikh. Covenant is owned by some lady.
Feb 25, 2016 | 8:27 am
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Here's today's blog thread:
http://blog.tsa.gov/2016/02/asktsa-t...er-140_23.html
However, the passenger in question says this is what really happened:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toront...rban-1.3460092
Yet again, TSA and Bob do not tell us the whole story.
http://blog.tsa.gov/2016/02/asktsa-t...er-140_23.html
However, the passenger in question says this is what really happened:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toront...rban-1.3460092
Yet again, TSA and Bob do not tell us the whole story.
No shame in the name of security, right?
Feb 25, 2016 | 8:14 pm
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This post in no way should be construed as being disrespectful of the person in the story or those who wear other religious garments. But I wonder how the TSA would react to a pastafarian:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b08cda34897b27
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b08cda34897b27