"Rubin writes that the TSA, in its apology, said Ryan should have been taken into a private area and swabbed for traces of explosive materials."
How is wearing leg braces probable cause for terrorism?
How is wearing leg braces probable cause for terrorism?
This is so sick it makes me pretty upset. That poor kid has a lot in life to deal with already, these people have turned a brief rest from those issues in to a nightmare of humiliation and fear.
A letter of apology ? After a year ? And only because of media pressure ? Disgusting.
But, to exclude any section of the population from security checks is inane (that assuming the security checks are worth the trouble in the first place).
The only reason the IRA stopped "proxy bombings" is because of the public outcry. Do you think someone on a jihad will have any qualms at the public outcry of using a 4-year handicapped child's family hostage and forcing the kid to do something pretty nasty.
Read some of the quotes here: http://www.palacebarracksmemorialgarden.org/Royal%20Irish%20...
"A man was told to drive where the soldiers would be and if he did not comply his two sons would be shot. He was to tell the soldiers they had forty minutes to get clear but within seconds of reaching the check point the bomb exploded."
And this is in nice civilised Ireland. Don't think it could happen here?