TSA breaks its own rules, removes elderly woman's back brace

By Mark Frauenfelder at 12:41 pm Monday, Dec 12

Reason's Hit and Run: "Mistaking her back brace for its more dangerous cousin, the money belt, the Transportation Security Administration removed an octogenarian’s support device in a private security screening, breaking its own rules."

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