This week in TSA awfulness: a recap of recent American airport atrocities

Xeni Jardin 4:35 pm Wed May 2, 2012

Cue up the Yakity Sax! In case you missed it, there have been a number of Boing Boing posts of late documenting outrageous TSA incidents:

• A terminal in Newark airport was evacuated because the TSA forgot to screen a tiny baby.

• TSA agents discovered an "anomaly in the crotchital area" of a 79-year-old woman.

• TSA agents at JFK harassed the family of a 7-year-old girl with cerebral palsy and developmental disability.

• TSA screeners in LA ran a drug ring and took bribes from drug dealers.

• The TSA's anti-hugging squad caught a terrorist masquerading as a 4-year-old girl who loves her grandma.

• A 95-year-old US Air Force veteran from World War II and his 85-year-old friend were humiliated, searched and robbed at a San Diego TSA checkpoint.

Did we miss anything else in the past week or so? Let us know in the comments.

Photo: Carolina K. Smith, M.D. / Shutterstock.com

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