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Last post 07-18-2008 2:50 AM by IMERKEDVE. 2 replies.
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  • 12-05-2007 9:43 AM

    More TSA complaints

    This complaint was recently posted on our Blog Page by "carstair".  I am copying it here because it belongs in this discussion.

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    Sorry, but my wife and I will think very hard before we go anywhere near Kennedy airport again. I had travelled to the US several times ( Boston,Massachusets; New Hampshire; Pennsylvania; Maryland; Las Vegas (twice) before we went to visit our son who had taken up a job in New York City. The first visit to New York (2005) was notable for the brusqueness of the security at JFK but last September was unbelievable! My wife - a retired nurse - had her passport taken away and she was told to go into a side office. Grudgingly, it was accepted that I could accompany her. Monosyllabic, crop headed, hulking people with guns were refusing to explain to people ( not just us) what was happenning and we were told to sit down. No explanation, no chance of telling my son what was happenning, and finally the passport was thrust back without further ado. Of course the cases had been broken open as well.

    All this next to a notice "welcoming people"! In spite of a letter to the US Embassy in London, no explanation was ever forthcoming.

    Wonder why we don't feel much like visiting again?

  • 12-05-2007 9:45 AM In reply to

    Re: More TSA complaints

    Here is my reply to "carstair" as posted on our Blog Page.

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    I am sorry that you received such inhospitable treatment from our airport security personnel in New York City.

    Just last week, Patti Lupone, a broadway musical star, was detained at an airport in Florida and bodily searched by female TSA screeners.  She complained that she felt violated by the search and indignant about the lack of any explanation.  She was told by some TSA employees, that they are not permitted to tell anyone the reason for detentions or searches.  TheTSA officials feel that such information might help terrorists to understand and circumvent their screening methods.

    Unfortunately, some of the TSA tactics used in the name of protecting us, are inconvenient and even rude.  I don't know if they are even effective.

  • 07-18-2008 2:50 AM In reply to

    Re: More TSA complaints

    tsa is disgusting. they get paid for harasing people. i dont care what they find. nothing is worth the violation of peoples rights. i had a tsa clown stop me because i had a canadian id on a u.s. domestic flight. the clown tells me that im not supposed to travel with that, but if you go to the tsa's website, it lists that canadian ids are in fact allowed. this clown continues to ask me questions about my citizenship, relatives, jobs, addresses, all of which is irrelevant. what difference does it make if im a dancer or basketball player? after about 100 stupid questions from this idiot, he lets me in. by that time, my flight had already left. before the conclusion, i had already knew that it was too late, and i told him to just forget about it and im going to leave. he then threatens to call the cops of me. what a loser.

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