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TSA agents 'humiliated' wounded Marine with aggressive inspection: report

While they could have been more tactful about it, fact is that you cannot exclude anyone from screening. The second you do that, you ensure that similar exclusions will be used against us. You would be surprised at the amount of stuff people try to smuggle (mostly illicit drugs) using prosthetics/wheelchairs/crutches and canes. There are some seriously evil people out there.

Every time I hear "outrage" over screening procedures, I wish I could show them pictures of the corpses of downs syndrome kids and adults used as "suicide" bombers (They are not really suicide bombers. They have no clue what is going to happen to them though the heathen with the remote does), the reports of elderly people being martyred in the name of Islam or, in the past, Ireland. Tell you what, look up the name Nezar Hindawi then question why the bad guys chose a pregnant woman to unwittingly try to carry the bomb on-board the aircraft...

Again, the TSA inspectors could have been more professional, but it is plain idiocy to state the Marine should not have been screened at all.
 
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Step 1: "Sir, Would you please accept my offer for any help in assisting you with whatever I may?"

*grand applause*

Wanna know my ****in salution? It may sound kooky to a lot but give ever single employee "eloquence" training. Make them all dress up as ****in clowns and make balloon animals for kids for 1/4 of their paid time. :roll:

Make them bow and **** and kiss old ladies hands.
 
Agreed. Perhaps these TSA agents should be sent to a Marine base for a couple of weeks of sensitivity training... :mrgreen:

Most of the Marines I know would have told the Marine to suck it up... (I know some Marines/Soldiers/Sailors/Airmen that are as bad off or worse than him and would not have any issues being screened) I have an issue with how it was done. Not with the fact it was done.
 
The Russians, Israelis, US and English intelligence agencies all thought Saddam had weapons of mass destruction. Saddam wanted everyone to think he did. So the joke was on him.

So whether they "mostly" wanted to go or not is irrelevant. They did not lie, they did however have information that because of Saddam himself was not accurate.

Now can we get back on topic or can we expect you to continue with the "blame Bush" rant as well?

We did find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. We just did not find any of the nuclear variety. A few pounds of what we did find could easily kill many times more people than 9/11. That is easily overlooked by many however for the sake of political expediency.
 
While they could have been more tactful about it, fact is that you cannot exclude anyone from screening.

Nobody is actually suggesting that, may I suggest actually reading what is being said?
 
Nobody is actually suggesting that, may I suggest actually reading what is being said?

The post was in reference to post #39 but I did not hit the reply with quote. Many other posts question having a TSA at all but give no opinion as to who would be responsible for the screening in their absence. Perhaps you would do well to read all the posts before making a snarky comment rather than the last few. Just sayin'
 
TSA spokesman David Castelveter said the tapes of the incident have been reviewed and at no point did the Marine ever remove his prosthetic legs. He also said the eight minute long video showed nothing out of the ordinary and said the screeners who performed the screening are military veterans, including one who was a Marine.
appears the republican congressman who raised the stink about this issue was right about everything except the facts of the matter

TSA Made Wounded Marine Remove Prosthetic Legs, Rep. Hunter Claims - ABC News
 
Their names, addresses, and pictures should definitely be posted on nearby Marine bases. Revenge would be sweet.

That's an idea with merit. In my part of the world, every VFW club has a portrait of Jane Fonda, encased in plastic, taped into a urinal (it greatly reduces the spillage). Perhaps something similar would work for offensive TSA agents... :mrgreen:
 
Most of the Marines I know would have told the Marine to suck it up... (I know some Marines/Soldiers/Sailors/Airmen that are as bad off or worse than him and would not have any issues being screened) I have an issue with how it was done. Not with the fact it was done.

I can agree with that. Isn't it the case that most of the complaints against individual TSA agents are because of their perceived insensitivity in how they do their job rather than what they do? (Idiotic rules about car keys, etc., are a different problem.)
 
Thank you!!

The govt overreacted after 9-11 !

Between the cockpit doors and air marshalls,

theres no need for TSA!!:twocents:

Psst, there's somehting in your post that shows your ignorance about what TSA actually is (I bolded it for you).

The Air Marshals (one L please) are an office of TSA
 
I can't imagine what the hell these people were thinking, especially not stepping up to help this guy stand and so forth!!



Someone needs to answer a lot of questions.

How could this ever happen is one of them.
 
It's possible for a terrorist attack to come from pretty much anywhere including left wing loons who decide to bomb police stations and the Pentagon....but I notice that such groups are not part of Madame Janet's memo.

Gee, I thought of the President's friend, domestic terrorist Bill Ayers
 
BOTH ! The TSA needs to go away!!!!:shoot

We need two separate airline systems here in the U.S. One will utilize the current TSA agents, and the other one will have no security at all. Let you right-wing fruit loops take the latter airline service.
 
We need two separate airline systems here in the U.S. One will utilize the current TSA agents, and the other one will have no security at all. Let you right-wing fruit loops take the latter airline service.

Your post is invalid [IMO of course] because of your blatantly false dichotomy.

It isn't "TSA or nothing," and you know it [... well, I'd hope those repeating this dichotomy knew that]
 
Your post is invalid [IMO of course] because of your blatantly false dichotomy.

It isn't "TSA or nothing," and you know it [... well, I'd hope those repeating this dichotomy knew that]

You are probably correct, so fix it! Me, I don't fly, so it doesn't really apply to me.
 
The Israelis don't use TSA methods. El AL is the safest airline in the world.
 
Im still waiting for you to answer the presented question, then i'll give you my 2cents.

You're obviously a non-debater, just a troll. You have yet to make a single substantive statement about anything at all. I've stated my opinions, and you haven't. Ball's in your court. Man up, or drop it.
 
You're obviously a non-debater, just a troll. You have yet to make a single substantive statement about anything at all. I've stated my opinions, and you haven't. Ball's in your court. Man up, or drop it.



Avoiding the question is for the non-debater. Why not answer it?? What are you hiding?
 
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