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Mike
October 17th, 2009, 09:53 PM
On Friday, a lady wrote in her blog (http://www.mybottlesup.com/tsa-agents-took-my-son) about her "worst nightmare"--losing sight of her son at a TSA security point, after her son's pacifier clip sounded the alarm and a TSA agent took the son while she waited for additional screening.

The TSA posted its response (http://www.tsa.gov/blog/2009/10/response-to-tsa-agents-took-my-son.html) later that day.

I dunno... it sure looks to me like the TSA followed procedures, and the child was never out of the mother's reach, much less out of her sight.

Personally, I'm glad that the TSA posted its side of the story. Way too often, agencies who are doing their job properly get maligned by people with an agenda. While I'm sure the TSA has made some mistakes (after all, regardless of their demeanors, the workers are human!), in this case, I think someone is just trying to get some attention.

At least the mommy didn't have a balloon!

Judy G. Russell
October 18th, 2009, 12:37 AM
On Friday, a lady wrote in her blog (http://www.mybottlesup.com/tsa-agents-took-my-son) about her "worst nightmare"--losing sight of her son at a TSA security point, after her son's pacifier clip sounded the alarm and a TSA agent took the son while she waited for additional screening. The TSA posted its response (http://www.tsa.gov/blog/2009/10/response-to-tsa-agents-took-my-son.html) later that day.What's amazing is all the comments to the TSA response where they essentially say "we don't care about the pictures, you're still lying to us!"

Mike
October 18th, 2009, 03:10 AM
...the comments ... essentially say "we don't care about the pictures, you're still lying to us!"
Yeah, but this can be so easily proven. I laughed at some of them--there are so many people who absolutely cannot believe that any government entity can do something properly, much less do anything nice for anyone.

Judy G. Russell
October 18th, 2009, 09:15 PM
Yeah, but this can be so easily proven. I laughed at some of them--there are so many people who absolutely cannot believe that any government entity can do something properly, much less do anything nice for anyone.The comments really were funny. Talk about conspiracy theorists!!

Mike
October 19th, 2009, 12:41 AM
Talk about conspiracy theorists!!
That's exactly what I was thinking!

Judy G. Russell
October 20th, 2009, 10:27 AM
That's exactly what I was thinking!Next they'll be telling us there were black helicopters that whisked the baby away from his mother and...

Mike
October 21st, 2009, 01:16 AM
...black helicopters that whisked the baby away from his mother and...
...hid him behind a grassy knoll?

ndebord
October 21st, 2009, 11:38 AM
...hid him behind a grassy knoll?

Mike,

...where he showed off his skills as the youngest member of the NRA.