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Old Jan 21, 2010, 6:35 pm
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Originally Posted by fendertweed
I suspect that being fired is only the beginning of the TSA moron's issues once the litigator/father gets things going and starts legal proceedings...
Blogdad Bob post insulting the passenger in 3...2...1...
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Old Jan 21, 2010, 6:37 pm
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What felony?
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Old Jan 21, 2010, 7:27 pm
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Originally Posted by LessO2
I guess this is a reason not to talk at all during the screening process as any statements could subject me to both criminal and civil penalties.
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Old Jan 21, 2010, 7:28 pm
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Wow, the First Amendment is dead!!
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Old Jan 21, 2010, 8:05 pm
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Wow, the First Amendment is dead!!
It's been dead since one of our members here wrote "Kip Hawley Is An Idiot" on a quart baggie.
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Old Jan 21, 2010, 8:07 pm
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Originally Posted by greentips
People, this is no joke. That TSA agent committed a serious felony offense.


I will be in contact with the young woman's senator who is a noted civil rights advocate, Carl Levin. I encourage each and every one on this board to write a letter. Paper in envelope with stamps. Handwritten will do, maybe better to each of their federal representatives. Us Michigan Alumni need to stick together!
I concur that we should all write our representatives, and DEMAND that this person's name and information be released as soon as the story is confirmed. The public has the right to know who this person was.
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Old Jan 21, 2010, 8:11 pm
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Originally Posted by reamworks
I concur that we should all write our representatives, and DEMAND that this person's name and information be released as soon as the story is confirmed. The public has the right to know who this person was.
Has as much chance of happening as the proverbial snowball surviving intact in hell...
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Old Jan 21, 2010, 8:17 pm
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Originally Posted by IslandBased
TSA should lower their hiring standards even more...
I'm not sure that's possible.

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Old Jan 21, 2010, 8:58 pm
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Originally Posted by N231LA
You really can't make stuff like this up, folks......

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/lo...rity_gate.html

She's kinda hot.

Well, that and the sh!tload of money she should be getting from a lawsuit.
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Old Jan 21, 2010, 9:15 pm
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Originally Posted by goalie
un-freaking-believeable

now if there was ever grounds for a lawsuit as even the article mentions eye witnesses. ianal but how much for "emotional distress"?

again, un-freaking-believeable
Not just emotional distress, either. It's not hard to imagine that, for some people, the panic caused by an incident like this could bring on a heart attack. What if the passenger suddenly clutched at their chest and collapsed? Pretty fun then, huh?
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Old Jan 21, 2010, 9:21 pm
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Originally Posted by RadioGirl
Not just emotional distress, either. It's not hard to imagine that, for some people, the panic caused by an incident like this could bring on a heart attack. What if the passenger suddenly clutched at their chest and collapsed? Pretty fun then, huh?
As funny as a heart attack.

Sorrry, I couldn't resist.
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Old Jan 21, 2010, 9:47 pm
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Originally Posted by Trollkiller
Well by the sounds of "as of today", he was dismissed today
Is he getting terminations from his job or TSA will get his disciplinary actions for what he did to her. This is not appropriate to touching her personal items. He is not allowed to do that at all. Never! He could be get serious trouble from TSA.
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Old Jan 21, 2010, 9:57 pm
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Is he getting terminations from his job or TSA will get his disciplinary actions for what he did to her. This is not appropriate to touching her personal items. He is not allowed to do that at all. Never! He could be get serious trouble from TSA.
Well, he lost his job, which technically is a reward.

There is no justice in this world.
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Old Jan 21, 2010, 10:18 pm
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there is an entry on PV about it now
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Old Jan 21, 2010, 10:26 pm
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Originally Posted by DevilDog438
I stay with my gear until the last vestiges of the tray with my coat/shoes is no longer visible through the hanging rubber strips of the X-Ray. Both of my carry-ons are placed on the belt before those two items, just to make sure I know if they get backed out prior to walking through the WTMD. I routinely piss off the TSO personnel at BWI C C/P with this, and could care less as to their reactions.
Don't know why this pisses them off if you wait. Personally I prefer it if the passenger DOES wait until their stuff is in. In most of our divestment stuff, we tell passengers to do exactly that.
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