TSA=FAIL. again...

[Atreus]

Nicholas George, a senior in Middle-Eastern Studies at Pomona College, was detained, handcuffed, and intensively questioned by the TSA while trying to catch a flight back to school from Philadelphia. The TSA guards found English-Arabic flashcards in his luggage and said that because Osama bin Laden spoke Arabic, "these cards are suspicious." The FBI was called in, and an agent called him a "fucking idiot" when he asked why he was being held. After being asked if he was a communist or a Muslim, he was released. He was not read his rights at any time.

The ACLU has taken on his case, and they're suing.

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/10/tsa-detains-middle-e.html

wow. just wow.

[mrsleeve]

This is the common sense that minimum wage buys you!!!!

[FL318is]

LOL! I had a pocket knife on my key chain for 3 years before a TSA person in LAX asked me if this was a knife?

I said yes, its made by the Swiss Army company, Swissnox. He let me keep it

[aaron325ix]

TSA= Tub Stackers Agency

[mar1t1me]

The terrorists have won.

TSA supervisor: "You know who did the Oklahoma City bombing?"

George: "Timothy McVeigh."

TSA supervisor: "Do you know what language he spoke?"

George: "English."

TSA supervisor: "And what language are we speaking now?"

George: "English."

TSA supervisor: "Do you see why you are suspicious?"

[hugh jass]

that is bananas. how stupid do you have to be to do something like that and not think it will bite you?

[u3b3rg33k]

This is why I hate flying. I have to run the dreaded imbecile gauntlet every time I want to get near a plane.

[Atreus]

i should learn arabic so i can sue these fucks and be oprah rich

[daniel]

this is why they should allow guns on planes again

[Sean5294]

if your interested, I recently started an anti tsa blog

http://thetsablog.wordpress.com/

I have actually seen this kind of crap happen when i worked for the Tsa. :hitler:

[b*saint]

I never get bothered...

[z31maniac]

Good deal.

I'm completely for Ethnic profiling in airports.

[LBJefferies]

I'm surprised the right wingers on here haven't criticized the ACLU and praised the efforts of our "great patriotic american police" for protecting us from an obvious Al Qaeda terrorist. The guy speaks Arabic for God sakes, he must be a terrorist.

[Massive Lee]

After being asked if he was a communist or a Muslim, he was released.

I wonder what being a muslim or a commie has to do with terrorism...

[kronus]

Interesting. I was at Pomona maybe an hour ago, I go to a school next to it. I'll poke around and see if I know people that know this dude.