US Marines Humiliated by Airport TSA Goons
From Craig Roberts
centurion007@chouteautel.com
5-11-6
Below is the USMC message regarding the "search" done on a US Marine casket escort detail at an airport.
I think we are in serious trouble when the flights folks are on/going on are being "protected" by idiots like these. There probably won't be any news coverage on this, unless the media thinks they can make President Bush look bad by reporting it.
The TSA, like the BATF, is a rogue agency populated by total incompetents. They need to be disbanded for actions such as this.
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MSIG/OPREP-3 SIR/21-06/1STMARDIV//
SUBJ/SERIOUS INCIDENT REPORT 21-06//
REF/A/MCO 5740.2F//
NARR/REF A IS MCO ON SIRS//
POC/SGT CASTILLO/1STMARDIV CASOC/DSN 365-5006// RMKS/1.
AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 20060503, WHILE ESCORTING THE BODY OF SGT MILLS, LEA R. (OIF 05-07 USMC DECEASED) FROM DOVER AFB TO THE FINAL
RESTING PLACE IN GULFPORT, MS, SGT STOCK, CPL BIGALK, CPL SCHADEBURG WERE STOPPED BY TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (TSA) IN THE PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND TAKEN INTO SMALL ROOMS SET ASIDE FOR SEARCHES. THEY WERE FORCED TO REMOVE THEIR BLUE DRESS UNIFORM BLOUSES, BELTS, AND SHOES. THE SECURITY PERSONEL SCANNED ALL THE ITEMS AND ALSO PATTED DOWN THE MARINES. TSA ALSO TOOK SGT STOCK'S SHOES OUT TO THE X-RAY MACHINE AND THEN DIDN'T RETURN THEM; HE WAS INSTEAD REQUIRED TO FIND THEM HIMSELF. ALL THE MARINES SAID THEY FELT HUMILIATED BY THIS TREATMENT. THE MARINES HAD ORDERS IN HAND THAT TASKED THEM TO SERVE AS OFFICIAL CASUALTY ESCORTS. SGT STOCK WAS CARRYING SGT MILLS PERSONNEL EFFECTS, AND CPL SCHADEBURG WAS CARRYING THE FLAG FROM SGT MILLS' CASKET. THESE ITEMS WERE IN HAND AND IN PLAIN VIEW.
MAJ SHAFFER, KEITH E., STAFF SECRETARY, 1STMARDIV
INVESTIGATION IN PROGESS. SUBSEQUENT REPORTS WILL BE PROVIDED AS REQUIRED. SGT. STOCK, CPL. BIGALK, AND CPL. SCHADEBURG HAVE NOT DEPLOYED ISO OIF. |
