jmdrake
06-24-2011, 10:15 AM
Not enough though. And they are only doing this in response to pressure over the video of the 6 year old. They're hoping if the "tweak" their policy, the people won't kick them out altogether.
http://www.reteaparty.com/2011/06/23/tsa-changes-pat-down-procedures-for-young-kids/
TSA changes pat-down procedures for young kids
Posted by gadsden Breaking News, Headlines, Privacy Rights Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
By Associated Press, MSNBC.com
WASHINGTON — The government has made a change in its policy for patting down young children at airport checkpoints, and more are promised.
Airport security workers will now be told to make repeated attempts to screen young children without resorting to invasive pat-downs, the head of the Transportation Security Administration said Wednesday. The agency is working to put that change in place around the country, and it should reduce, but not eliminate, pat-downs for children, an agency spokesman said.
There was public outrage in April over a video of a 6-year-old girl getting a pat-down in the New Orleans airport. She was patted down, John Pistole said, because she moved during the electronic screening, causing a blurry image.
That kind of pat-down was put in place partly because of the Nigerian man who got past airport security, boarded a plane with explosives hidden in his underpants and tried to use the bomb to bring down the airliner over Detroit on Christmas 2009.
But this screening has been criticized as being too intrusive and an unnecessary measure for children and older people who seem to pose no terror threat.
Last month, a picture of a baby being patted down at Kansas City International Airport gained worldwide attention as well. The baby’s stroller set off an alert of possible traces of explosives, so the screeners were justified in taking a closer look at the boy cradled in his mother’s arms, the agency said.
To read more, visit: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43496079/ns/travel-news/?gt1=43001
http://www.reteaparty.com/2011/06/23/tsa-changes-pat-down-procedures-for-young-kids/
TSA changes pat-down procedures for young kids
Posted by gadsden Breaking News, Headlines, Privacy Rights Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
By Associated Press, MSNBC.com
WASHINGTON — The government has made a change in its policy for patting down young children at airport checkpoints, and more are promised.
Airport security workers will now be told to make repeated attempts to screen young children without resorting to invasive pat-downs, the head of the Transportation Security Administration said Wednesday. The agency is working to put that change in place around the country, and it should reduce, but not eliminate, pat-downs for children, an agency spokesman said.
There was public outrage in April over a video of a 6-year-old girl getting a pat-down in the New Orleans airport. She was patted down, John Pistole said, because she moved during the electronic screening, causing a blurry image.
That kind of pat-down was put in place partly because of the Nigerian man who got past airport security, boarded a plane with explosives hidden in his underpants and tried to use the bomb to bring down the airliner over Detroit on Christmas 2009.
But this screening has been criticized as being too intrusive and an unnecessary measure for children and older people who seem to pose no terror threat.
Last month, a picture of a baby being patted down at Kansas City International Airport gained worldwide attention as well. The baby’s stroller set off an alert of possible traces of explosives, so the screeners were justified in taking a closer look at the boy cradled in his mother’s arms, the agency said.
To read more, visit: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43496079/ns/travel-news/?gt1=43001