Have you ever noticed that when a government agency screws up and does an internal review, it tends to come out in favor of that government agency? I have. “We looked into it, everybody, and wouldn’t ya know it? Turns out we didn’t do anything wrong. Now shut up and get back to work, our salaries aren’t going to pay for themselves.” As if that’ll make the whole thing go away.
They keep doing it, though. Here’s the latest example, via CNN:
The Transportation Security Administration stood by its security officers Sunday after a Florida woman complained that her cancer-stricken, 95-year-old mother was patted down and forced to remove her adult diaper while going through security…
“While every person and item must be screened before entering the secure boarding area, TSA works with passengers to resolve security alarms in a respectful and sensitive manner,” the federal agency said. “We have reviewed the circumstances involving this screening and determined that our officers acted professionally and according to proper procedure…”
Jean Weber told CNN’s Fredricka Whitfield on Sunday that the security officers may have been procedurally correct, but she still does not believe they were justified, especially given her mother’s frail condition.
“If this is your procedure — which I do understand — I also feel that your procedure needs to be changed,” she said.
Weber said the two were traveling June 18 from northwest Florida to Michigan, so her mother could move in with relatives before eventually going to an assisted living facility.
“My mother is very ill, she has a form of leukemia,” Weber said. “She had a blood transfusion the week before, just to bolster up her strength for this travel.”
If we don’t let government agents touch our genitals, frighten our children, and humiliate our cancer-stricken parents, the terrorists win.
No sense in going overboard condemning them, though. To all you racists who say, “If this wheelchair-bound nonagenarian wanted TSA to wave her through, she should’ve worn that thing on her head”: Shame on you.
(Hat tip: Hot Air)