TSA apologizes for forcing 4-year-old to remove leg braces at airport screening

Re:TSA apologizes for forcing 4-year-old to remove leg brace... by cabalamat on Tuesday February 16, 2010 @06:36PM (#1130293)

I live in the UK. A number of my friends have either been hassled by the TSA, or have expressed reluctance to travel to the USA because of them. Anecdotal, I admit.

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Re:TSA apologizes for forcing 4-year-old to remove leg brace... by jedc on Tuesday February 16, 2010 @07:20PM (#1130403)

I'm a US citizen but currently live in the UK. I'm more interrogated going back to the US than I am any other country. (And that list includes everything from Ireland to the Ukraine.)

Personally I don't think citizens should be made to feel that way by their own border police!

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Re:TSA apologizes for forcing 4-year-old to remove leg brace... by jrockway on Tuesday February 16, 2010 @07:24PM (#1130410)

I've had the same experiences (although I live in the US also). At some point, I have to wonder what happens if I say "no further questions" and just walk through the customs area. Are they going to deport me ... back to where I am?

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Re:TSA apologizes for forcing 4-year-old to remove leg brace... by gridspy on Tuesday February 16, 2010 @07:55PM (#1130462)

Very very bad things happen.

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Re:TSA apologizes for forcing 4-year-old to remove leg brace... by jacquesm on Wednesday February 17, 2010 @02:06AM (#1131065)

Yes, but if everybody does it then it might actually restore some normalcy.

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