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Talk about losing civil rights...
CNN wrote:LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A Texas woman who said she was forced to remove a nipple ring with pliers in order to board an airplane called Thursday for an apology by federal security agents and a civil rights investigation.

Hamlin, 37, said she was trying to board a flight from Lubbock to Dallas on February 24 when she was scanned by a Transportation Security Administration agent after passing through a larger metal detector without problems.

The female TSA agent used a handheld detector that beeped when it passed in front of Hamlin's chest, the Dallas-area resident said.

Hamlin said she told the woman she was wearing nipple piercings. The agent called over her male colleagues, one of whom said she would have to remove the jewelry, Hamlin said.
It gets better, apparently, they're a little tricky to get out. You'll just have to read the article.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/....html



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Moral of the story: Don't pierce your tits if you don't want trouble at the airport.

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Don't you think there is a limit to reasonable search? Really, a boob bomb?This one is going to cost the TSA a little money and a lot of embarrassment.I foresee the day when the TSA people are all unemployed.

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"The last time I checked, a nipple was not a dangerous weapon."



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Woot! wrote:Moral of the story: Don't pierce your tits if you don't want trouble at the airport.
Or have other parts of your body pierced.

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Update. LA attorney Gloria Allred, the vulture lady, has taken the case against the TSA. That is gonna cost them. Yep it is.

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Woot! wrote:Moral of the story: Don't pierce your tits if you don't want trouble at the airport.
because body modification == terrorlst?

they gonna start flagging people for tattoos next?


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