Message #11114

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I have been stopped twice at airports in the last 2 years.  Two years ago, I was flying somewhere for the day to attend a seminar and when I went thru the security pass, they took my purse and asked me to "step over to the side" where they rubbed some cloth or something all over my purse.  I started laughing and asked what they were doing, and they said they detected a substance on my purse!  Never did find out what that was, they let me go.  



And just this summer, I was taking my daughter to the airport to put her on a plane with a bunch of other Girl Scouts and the buzzer went off when I stepped through the security pass.  Mind you, all I had on was a pair of sandals, bra, panties, sleeveless top and an ankle length skirt.  The security guard asked if he could "wand me" and I said yes, meanwhile all these teenage Girl Scouts were looking at me kind of funny (including my own daughter and her friend).  When they "wanded" me, the wand went off near the buckles on my sandals and near the closure on my bra.  I'd say that's pretty sensitive.  The security guard asked me if they could "pat me down" which I let them but of course, they found nothing.  With something so sensitive (to me anyway) to use, why can't they catch these people trying to get through with other metal-like substances?  I'm a Girl Scout leader, for crying out loud!