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I was running around yesterday. Ohe errand involved airport, Homeland Security, handcuffs, humiliation and confinement. Yes, it's an airport story but I'm not in it, thank goodness.
My friend just returned from vacation from Italy. He took one step out of the plane and was greeted by two Homeland Security dudes, with handcuffs in hand. What crime has he committed, you might ask, that would warrant being walked through the airport with his hands secured behind his back, to the cordoned-off criminal investigation area, and subjected to the experience of a CAVITY search?
Well.
Apparently, my friend left the country without paying a ticket for not wearing a life-vest. Apparently, that was a federal offense and a warrant was out for his arrest. So, when he re-entered the country, his name was flagged and the agents summoned. Apparently, he was such a security risk that they patted him down and all over before dumping him to spend quality time among the real felons caught with cocaine and other illegal stuff for EIGHT hours.
Poor friend. We can joke now that he's out free. I told him he should have put on the plane's floatation device on the way out of the plane and insisted that he had his life-vest on all this time, what-do-you-mean? ;-P
You see? Airports adventures aren't just about me.
And oh...next time you travel out of the country? Make sure you've paid your fines.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
An Uber Fine Story
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3 comments:
OK - in general, I am a law and order type of gal, but that is absolutely ridiculous!!
seriously a cavity search? that makes my dhs experience though equally moronic seem rather mild
I know. Sometimes, there is just stuff happening that makes one shake one's head. My poor friend. He's still hot about it.
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