How good are TSA agents, those bastions of security against “freedom haters” around the world? This good: On Saturday, a non-english speaking grandmother was confused at an LAX checkpoint and managed to put her 1-month-old grandson through the X-ray machine. Screeners did not notice what had occurred until the infant showed up on the monitor and was quickly pulled from the scanner. This even though, according to the LA Times, the security area was not busy at the time. Said a retired FAA agent quoted in the story, ””The screeners are still reporting that they’re being pushed. If a baby can get through, what the hell else can get through?” The infant in question was checked into a hospital for observation and released with a clean bill of health.
Elsewhere:
– “Baby put through X-ray machine at LAX” (MSNBC)
Posted on Dec 20, 2006 07:00 PM by kristin
