TSA Pats down screaming toddler.

[Blu-ray]

This child repeatedly tells her to stop touching her. The TSA agent pays her no mind and continues. Really? The child is a terrorist? What the hell is wrong with the TSA. Someone needs to get them under control.

You might think a 3-year-old would whiz through security. A child is non-threatening, wears slip-on shoes, and carries little luggage.

Not the case for Mandy Simon who was passing through security with her dad at the airport in Chattanooga, Tenn.

A TSA employee gave Mandy the pat down and she started screaming and kicking her legs. Her dad, Steve, happens to be a TV reporter and caught 17 seconds of the ordeal on his cell phone (watch below).

Why was Mandy searched in the first place? She started crying when she was asked to put her teddy bear through the X-ray machine. This made it difficult for her to walk calmly through the metal detector and she set the machine off twice, which meant she "must be hand-searched."

If the TSA is going to search kids, maybe they need a little training on how to do it--or at least employees should have a few lollipops or stickers in their pockets.

You need to go to the link and watch the video.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/...id=77140&tsp=1

It's painfully obvious to see that the terrorists have won.

[GamerGal]

Fucking little terrorist. Would have been screaming and crying the whole plane trip and kicking the back of the seat in front of them. Maybe they should make little cages for them in the cargo area of the plane so us adult can have a nice pleasant flight. Down with terrorists! The second you let a 6month old on with the name John Smith who is on the no fly list the second we'll have another hijacking!*


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[Abyssal_Worm]

Child is not the "terrorist." The Child could be the tool used BY the terrorist. Extremists in the past have had no problems using children as vessels for their bomb attacks. See Vietnam and the Middle East if you need proof.

That being said...is there no other method for checking if children are being used to carry bombs onto an airplane?

[MaximumPain]

Child is not the "terrorist." The Child could be the tool used BY the terrorist. Extremists in the past have had no problems using children as vessels for their bomb attacks. See Vietnam and the Middle East if you need proof.

That being said...is there no other method for checking if children are being used to carry bombs onto an airplane?

Nice post +1 rep (if we had it)

[Reef Badlaw]

This is what happens when Government controls a procedure that, in this case, should be conducted by the private airlines. Get the Feds out, and let each airline devise their own method of screening, thereby opening themselves to private lawsuits if some screener 'goes too far'.

[Abyssal_Worm]

Get the Feds out, and let each airline devise their own method of screening, thereby opening themselves to private lawsuits if some screener 'goes too far'.

Problem with that is maintaining the same standard at all airports. Some firms might be more invasive than others, yet achieve better results. What would the public outcry be if an airport had standards that were lower than others and a "terrorist" managed to carry out an attack on the plane? Do we hold the private firm accountable or do we go after the airport?

Hate to say it, but the best option is to use the same standards all across the board and the only way to come close to achieving that is to have it under control by one group. If not a government agency, who? Haliburton? Xi, formerly known as Blackwater? Bob's Airport Security Service?

[Kiehlroy]

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Awwww.... I was beginning to like you!

[sweetvelocity]

I was waiting for something like this to happen. Sorry, but the only people that would be touching/searching my child is me a doctor or police with a warrant/permission.

[Traveler]

I see rail and ship transport making a big come back. Let the airlines sink

[Abyssal_Worm]

I see rail and ship transport making a big come back. Let the airlines sink

Nonsense. We are Americans. We don't change our habits due to inconvenience. Instead we just complain. I don't expect much of a change in transportation preferences due to the fact that rail and water way take far too long and we Americans love to get from point A to point B as fast as possible. Maybe if we had the brains to build bullet trains like Japan and China we would consider using rail...but right now a trip from Indianapolis to Chicago takes five hours. I can drive the distance in less than two. Rail will not make a comeback.

[medicvet]

I see rail and ship transport making a big come back. Let the airlines sink

I'm okay with that only if they have cheap boats to Jamaica so I can still save up and go in 2011.

[Abyssal_Worm]

I'm okay with that only if they have cheap boats to Jamaica so I can still save up and go in 2011.

Inner tubes, 1/4" plywood, 50' of 550 paracord, two boat oars, and a cooler filled with your beverage of choice is all you need to make that journey.