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Elderly woman asked to remove adult diaper during TSA search

http://www.nwfdailynews.com

Jean Weber of Destin filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security after her 95-year-old mother was detained and extensively searched last Saturday while trying to board a plane to fly to Michigan to be with family members during the final stages of her battle with leukemia.

Her mother, who was in a wheelchair, was asked to remove an adult diaper in order to complete a pat-down search.

“It’s something I couldn’t imagine happening on American soil,” Weber said Friday. “Here is my mother, 95 years old, 105 pounds, barely able to stand, and then this.”

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Loaded Gun Slips Past TSA Screeners

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Iranian-American businessman Farid Seif didn't realize he had forgotten to remove his loaded snub nose "baby" Glock pistol from his computer bag and was shocked to discover the gun traveled unnoticed by TSA personnel.

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Traveler to TSA: If you touch my junk, I'll have you arrested

http://www.networkworld.com

Videos reveal the TSA trying to touch a man's junk and fondling a 3-yr old. Now THAT's the Friendly Skies!

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Japanese TV Mocks TSA Security

http://digg.com

Even in the land of the rising sun they know the TSA is all about "hands-on" communication and "feel-good" customer service.

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Pilot refuses full-body scan, pat down

http://www.cnn.com

Michael Roberts, a pilot for ExpressJet Airlines, who refused to submit to a full-body scan or the alternative pat down going through airport security said the procedures violate his rights. Roberts says he has safety concerns, but called TSA a "make-work" program that doesn't make travel safer.

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NJ School District Bans Sign Language on Bus for "Safety" Reasons

http://abcnews.go.com

School officials have threatened a hearing-impaired girl with suspension if she uses sign language to talk to her friends on the school bus, the girl's parents say.

Danica Lesko and her parents say sign language is the only way to for the 12-year-old to communicate, especially while riding to school on a noisy bus.

The March 30 letter from her principal that said Danica was "doing sign language after being told it wasn't allowed on the bus."

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Elvis Presley passport exposes security flaw

http://www.cnn.com

London, England (CNN) -- In the name of improved security a hacker showed how a biometric passport issued in the name of long-dead rock 'n' roll king Elvis Presley could be cleared through an automated passport scanning system being tested at an international airport.

Using a doctored passport at a self-serve passport machine, the hacker was cleared for travel after just a few seconds and a picture of the King himself appeared on the monitor's display.

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