Dear Fellow Libertarians,Last Friday I had the privilege to talk with Ms Jean Weber about her experience with the TSA and her mother. This event made national news a few days back.I felt compelled to write about it below.RegardsPeteThe New Ms Jean Weber
On Saturday, June 18th 2011, Ms. Jean Weber took her ailing mother to the airport so she could go see relations in Michigan.
Her mother was elderly, frail, and battling illness. She had to wear special undergarments because her age and infirmities made self control difficult. Travel is hard for her. She could not walk far enough to make it through an airport scanner. But she was determined to see her family in Michigan. With the help of her daughter, Jean, she would get through it somehow. For her part, Jean felt a daughter’s love and wanted her mom to get on her way in as little discomfort as possible.
Jean knew about airport security, but she didn’t worry. After all, this is Okaloosa; this is home.
Out of earshot, she watched as her mother was frisked by the TSA. She saw how rudely and hard the strangers placed their hands. It worried Jean because she knew how easily her mother bruised.
But something else was wrong. Her mother was shuffled out of view to a separate room. After some time a TSA agent came out and unceremoniously gave Jean an edict. In order to get on a plane her mother would have to remove her diaper for inspection.
Jean couldn’t believe it.
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