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tblue37

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20. I was watching the TSA agent. She seems to be trying to smile and

Wed Jan 6, 2016, 10:06 PM

Jan 2016

chat with the child to make her feel more comfortable. I bet the agent has kids of her own and was trying to be nice to the kid. In fact, I suspect that she was so focused on trying to help the child feel more at ease that she ended up not paying enough attention to part of the patdown process and that might be why she had to repeat a couple of moves.

These agents' jobs are on the line if a decoy is sent through to test whether they are vigilant enough and following procedure. Those decoys would not be obvious "terrorist" types, but rather people you would never suspect.

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Father outraged by TSA pat down of his 10-year-old daughter, shows it in youtube in slow-mo [View all] Liberal_in_LA Jan 2016 OP

So he broadcasts it for everyone to see... cwydro Jan 2016 #1

in slow mo with commentary Liberal_in_LA Jan 2016 #3

And put it on every morning news show... cwydro Jan 2016 #5

blech. some parents.... renate Jan 2016 #12

Before the days of TSA, I served as one of those decoys in a military setting. MADem Jan 2016 #78

The creepiest part is the dads commentary and slow motion crap. I would be concerned about uppityperson Jan 2016 #45

+1 GreatGazoo Jan 2016 #69

Yup. If he really cared, he'd have contacted a lawyer vs posting it like this uppityperson Jan 2016 #89

I hope the dad get as much money out of these groppers as possible yeoman6987 Jan 2016 #81

Cuing up Inigo Montoya for you uppityperson Jan 2016 #87

Let the victim blaming begin! Warren Stupidity Jan 2016 #75

Yeah so people can see the sick fucks that the TSA are, oh, and mostly pretty stupid snooper2 Jan 2016 #84

Wtf EdwardBernays Jan 2016 #2

This is what we wanted HassleCat Jan 2016 #4

The thing with profiling... jberryhill Jan 2016 #9

Yes. ISIS would be recruiting 10-year old San Diego girls on family vacations. Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #14

Exactly LittleBlue Jan 2016 #16

Why is it inconceivable? jberryhill Jan 2016 #24

Because there is no history little American non-Muslim girls being recruited LittleBlue Jan 2016 #27

There is no need to "recruit" them jberryhill Jan 2016 #33

How do you know she's not a Muslim? philosslayer Jan 2016 #35

Her name and her father LittleBlue Jan 2016 #42

You're in favor of profiling philosslayer Jan 2016 #43

Should a 25-year old guy from Yemen who bought a 1-way ticket, paying in cash, Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #46

We already do it LittleBlue Jan 2016 #51

You are not correct HassleCat Jan 2016 #90

Not inconceivable anigbrowl Jan 2016 #67

I don't understand your point jberryhill Jan 2016 #18

Why does a forgotten juice box necessitate a full-body grope? Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #23

What makes it a "forgotten" juice box jberryhill Jan 2016 #29

So your concern is that the Capri Sun juice box was, in fact, a bomb. Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #36

Kabuki theatre with a 96% fail rate... TipTok Jan 2016 #71

Populated by self-important jumped-up wannabe cops Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #73

TSA is definitely the bottom tier of the security pecking order... TipTok Jan 2016 #74

Exactly Empowerer Jan 2016 #64

TSA says such examination of 10 yr old is OK in "certain circumstances" librechik Jan 2016 #88

Sacrificing freedom for security davidn3600 Jan 2016 #6

And worse, we didn't even get security. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #17

Yep. Not too long after 9/11, I had a customer who was a Chicago K-9 cop. Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2016 #83

People scare easily. TSA is a joke. nt Logical Jan 2016 #49

There's more to the story. I think 840high Jan 2016 #7

That's my read anigbrowl Jan 2016 #68

To be fair, 10-year old girls from San Diego are a known terrorist demographic. Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #8

she left capri juice box in her backpack, it wasn't just a random pull for pat down Liberal_in_LA Jan 2016 #10

Whoa. A 10-year old girl with a juicebox? That's very scary. Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #13

Or a can of soda jberryhill Jan 2016 #22

Whoa. That's a photo of what the girl had? Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #25

The container is irrelevant. jberryhill Jan 2016 #31

Do you think that the TSA confirmed that it was actually an innocent juice box, Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #40

that's a photo released by Isis of the bomb the say brought down the Egyptian airliner. Calista241 Jan 2016 #47

Eeek, a juice box. grntuscarora Jan 2016 #15

Yes, there is a randomization component jberryhill Jan 2016 #19

If I were a terrorist, which I most definitely am NOT, grntuscarora Jan 2016 #28

TSA failed to detect banned items in 67 out of 70 tests. Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #30

So your point is that they are not aggressive enough? jberryhill Jan 2016 #34

My point is that they are poorly trained and/or incompetent (nt) Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #37

Frisk all of us with green chile sauce/juice boxes, grntuscarora Jan 2016 #41

Why? Because she is a white 10-year old girl from San Diego ? kwassa Jan 2016 #59

Sounds as unconcerning as a quiet, random housewife from San Bernardino. LanternWaste Jan 2016 #70

Tashfeen Malik was from Pakistan and had lived in Saudi Arabia. (nt) Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #72

Sacrificing freedom for security tularetom Jan 2016 #11

I was watching the TSA agent. She seems to be trying to smile and tblue37 Jan 2016 #20

The way to make the child comfortable would have been to wave her through, Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #39

Her cell phone also started ringing while she was being patted down. Jim Beard Jan 2016 #62

Ah, they probably concluded that one of her evil ISIS cohorts was calling her. Nye Bevan Jan 2016 #63

first world problems nt geek tragedy Jan 2016 #21

then again brettdale Jan 2016 #26

The comments upthread suggest that would be fine jberryhill Jan 2016 #32

Kid getting a polite pat down in airport security? Meh. nt geek tragedy Jan 2016 #44

They have you fooled. nt Logical Jan 2016 #50

Yo tone deaf dad - LiberalElite Jan 2016 #38

I go through TSA security over 50 times a year FLPanhandle Jan 2016 #48

Not my experience, phylny Jan 2016 #61

I saw nothing inappropriate with the TSA pat down. I see more things wrong with the father. vaberella Jan 2016 #52

+1 Person 2713 Jan 2016 #54

TSA is not needed, but we knew that anyway. Ny Logical Jan 2016 #58

I see a TSA employee doing her job. Nothing in the process was untoward or inappropriate. What I AM underahedgerow Jan 2016 #66

Actually making a fuss is illegal, and call who exactly? Glassunion Jan 2016 #82

Wasn't the whole-body wave scanner in the background available? BadgerKid Jan 2016 #53

Not everyone wants that type of radiation, Ilsa Jan 2016 #57

Both my husband and I get pulled out for the pat down due to our hip replacements all the time mnhtnbb Jan 2016 #55

They do this to all of us who refuse to be Ilsa Jan 2016 #56

Last time I flew I got a pat down. betsuni Jan 2016 #60

I will not fly. This is bullshit. JEB Jan 2016 #65

I saw this on TV. I hate to say it, but I think if his little girl was a MADem Jan 2016 #76

That was horrible! She'll be traumatized for ...ah...3 minutes! BlueJazz Jan 2016 #77

"The pat-down followed agency guidelines" Act_of_Reparation Jan 2016 #79

For those who seem to believe Jake Stern Jan 2016 #80

good find nt steve2470 Jan 2016 #86

this guy is an idiot steve2470 Jan 2016 #85