TSA's 'Blogger Bob' Response to "Young Boy Strip Searched by TSA"

[RonPaulFanInGA]

http://blog.tsa.gov/2010/11/response-to-young-boy-strip-searched-by.html


A video is being widely circulated showing a shirtless boy receiving secondary screening from a Transportation Security Officer (TSO). A passenger filmed the screening with their cell phone and posted the video on the web. Many are coming to their own conclusions about what's happening in the video which is now perched at the top of the Drudge report and being linked to in many other blogs and tweets. We looked into this to find out what happened.

On November 19, a family was traveling through a TSA checkpoint at the Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC). Their son alarmed the walk through metal detector and needed to undergo secondary screening. The boy's father removed his son's shirt in an effort to expedite the screening. After our TSO completed the screening, he helped the boy put his shirt back on. That's it. No complaints were filed and the father was standing by his son for the entire procedure.

It should be mentioned that you will not be asked to and you should not remove clothing (other than shoes, coats and jackets) at a TSA checkpoint. If you're asked to remove your clothing, you should ask for a supervisor or manager.

Blogger Bob
TSA Blog Team

[angelatc]

I can't believe they allow comments

[smithtg]

The dad is just your run of the mill sheep, thats all

[Romulus]

Yep.. not setting a very good example for his youngin.

[VBRonPaulFan]

the fact that the TSA has its own blog team speaks volumes about what they're selling.

the only people that have paid blog teams to stand up for themselves are schiesters and crooks.

[DGambler]

I'm sure this has been mentioned before, but the similarity between "Blogger Bob" and "Baghdad Bob" is just too close.

[tangent4ronpaul]

I'm sure this has been mentioned before, but the similarity between "Blogger Bob" and "Baghdad Bob" is just too close.

Ya beat me to it! - I was going to congratulate him on finding new employment! :D

-t

[Anti Federalist]

I'm sure this has been mentioned before, but the similarity between "Blogger Bob" and "Baghdad Bob" is just too close.

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:QTES_s_y2hJHLM:http://www.bucksright.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/baghdad-bob.jpg&t=1

[dannno]

The dad is just your run of the mill sheep, thats all

Well, no apparently that is NOT the whole story.. What I heard happened was they were feeling up all in his shirt and the father go upset and took off the shirt and said something like "See?! Nothing there, ok!! (insinuating: now stop feeling up my son!!)"

Then apparently they proceeded to feel him up below the belt.

[smithtg]

Well, no apparently that is NOT the whole story.. What I heard happened was they were feeling up all in his shirt and the father go upset and took off the shirt and said something like "See?! Nothing there, ok!! (insinuating: now stop feeling up my son!!)"

Then apparently they proceeded to feel him up below the belt.

that sounds less sheepish thanks

[Todd]

Well, no apparently that is NOT the whole story.. What I heard happened was they were feeling up all in his shirt and the father go upset and took off the shirt and said something like "See?! Nothing there, ok!! (insinuating: now stop feeling up my son!!)"

Then apparently they proceeded to feel him up below the belt.

Yep. That's what I've heard too. The Dad was frustrated.

[aGameOfThrones]

Video Taker's version:

Lets get the facts straight first. Before the video started the boy went through a metal detector and didn't set it off but was selected for a pat down. The boy was shy so the TSA couldn't complete the full pat on the young boy. The father tried several times to just hold the boys arms out for the TSA agent but i guess it didn't end up being enough for the guy. I was about 30 ft away so i couldn't hear their conversation if there was any. The enraged father pulled his son shirt off and gave it to the TSA agent to search, thats when this video begins.

******* THIS VIDEO OCCURRED AT SALT LAKE CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON NOVEMBER 19TH AT AROUND THE TIME OF 12:00 PM **********

***Insertion of what happened after the video (full story)****

After I finished videotaping the incident I went through the check point myself. I collected my things and went over to talk to the father and son. Before I could get to them a man in a black suit who had been talking with the other TSA officials approached me. He asked to speak to me and I obliged, wondering what was to come. He then proceeded to interrogate me about why I was videotaping the "procedures of the TSA". I told him that I had never seen such practices before on a young child and decided to record it. The man being frustrated at this point demanded to know my plans with the video, of which I didn't respond. Repeatedly he asked me to delete the video, hoping his mere presence could intimidate me to obey, but I refused. By this point it became obvious that he felt TSA had done something wrong and that I caught it on tape. After the interview, I left for my gate. I called my brother who told me I should put the tape on YouTube because this had been a recent hot topic in the news.
My gate was a long way off, but about 15 minutes after arriving 2 TSA agents came and sat 15 feet or so away from me. I stood up and moved so that they were in front of me and then took a picture. A 3rd and then a 4th agent came and sat down with the others. They would occasionally glance at me and talk on their walkie-talkies. I don't know why they were there or if it was a huge coincidence but they stayed for 30-45 minutes and left just before I boarded the plan. Interesting to say the least, intimidating? Maybe a little...

[Cowlesy]

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:QTES_s_y2hJHLM:http://www.bucksright.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/baghdad-bob.jpg&t=1

"They are burning in their tanks and we are roasting their stomachs."

[Freedom 4 all]

Is Blogger Bob a parody of some kind, or an actual government funded thing? What the fuck is the point of his idiotic blathering? Does ANYONE actually ever read that shit and say, "Well I was concerned at first about the whole massive erosion of our liberty thing, and I was a little iffy about my children being groped by the TSA pedophile crew, but Blogger Bob, through your thoughtful and incisive comments all my fears have been put to rest. I love you, TSA, thank you for keeping us safe from the scary terrorists." If so, I have no hope left for mankind.

[Anti Federalist]

Is Blogger Bob a parody of some kind, or an actual government funded thing? What the fuck is the point of his idiotic blathering? Does ANYONE actually ever read that shit and say, "Well I was concerned at first about the whole massive erosion of our liberty thing, and I was a little iffy about my children being groped by the TSA pedophile crew, but Blogger Bob, through your thoughtful and incisive comments all my fears have been put to rest. I love you, TSA, thank you for keeping us safe from the scary terrorists." If so, I have no hope left for mankind.

Yes it is.

It's a for real, taxpayer funded, TSA "outreach" blog.

[Freedom 4 all]

Yes it is.

It's a for real, taxpayer funded, TSA "outreach" blog.

WOW, the federal government really doesn't think much of us, do they? This has to be a new low, even for them. This shit is about as subtle as the "My First Cavity Search" meme.

[RonPaulFanInGA]

Is Blogger Bob a parody of some kind, or an actual government funded thing? What the fuck is the point of his idiotic blathering? Does ANYONE actually ever read that shit and say, "Well I was concerned at first about the whole massive erosion of our liberty thing, and I was a little iffy about my children being groped by the TSA pedophile crew, but Blogger Bob, through your thoughtful and incisive comments all my fears have been put to rest. I love you, TSA, thank you for keeping us safe from the scary terrorists." If so, I have no hope left for mankind.

On the right-hand side of their main page, they even have a "delete-o-meter" that keeps a public running total of how many comments have had to have been deleted from the TSA blog. The total now is: 5,488. Though they claim they only remove comments if they're personal attacks, threats, contain profanity, duplicate posts or are "off-topic comments."

http://blog.tsa.gov/