Fri, Nov 12, 2010
Refused Full Body Scan, Questioned Pat-Down Search, Wound Up
Handcuffed To A Chair
A contributor to the "Free Talk Left" radio show says a recent
trip through Ft. Lauderdale International Airport turned into an
"ordeal" when she refused a full-body scan at the airport.
And, when she questioned the techniques of the pat down search
which she felt were inappropriate, she reportedly wound up
handcuffed to a chair while her ticket was destroyed. She was
later escorted from the the airport.
According to The Miami New Times, McLain was the
only person from those in line with her selected from her
group for the full body scan. But she says the pat-down procedure
wasn't any better, as it involved "squeezing and twisting her
breasts."
In an interview on the show posted online, McLain said she asked
to speak to a supervisor when faced with a pat-down search she felt
was intrusive. According to her account, the supervisor brought
several police officers to the security area. She says she
was handcuffed to a chair, the TSA agent who was to have patted her
down ripped her boarding pass in half, and she was "given a 30
minute lecture on terrorism" if full view of the other passengers
clearing security.
McLain said her previous experiences with pat-down searches have
been little more than full-palm "groping" by the agents. TSA says
only the backs of the hands are used during the pat-down procedures
on private areas.
McLain said during the hour she was in the "secondary screening
area" no other passenger was selected for the full body scan or
additional screening. She was eventually escorted out of the
airport by officials.
McLain is not the only radio personality to recently have a
run-in with TSA. Libertarian talker Neil Boortz recounted on his
radio show last week that he had been subjected what he
described as an intrusive pat-down search at Chicago's
Midway airport. Boortz said he always sets off the metal detector
due to a knee replacement, and that he was told that TSA no longer
uses the metal-detecting wands for the secondary screeing. Midway
does not yet have the full-body scanning equipment.
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