Alaska St. Rep. Cissna(D) objects to airport search demand

[rsmith6621]

SEATTLE —

An Alaskan state lawmaker is returning home by sea after refusing a pat-down search at a Seattle airport, a spokeswoman said..

Rep. Sharon Cissna underwent a body scan as she was preparing to leave Sea-Tac Airport Sunday and was then required to undergo the pat-down by Transportation Safety Administration officials, said Michelle Scannell, her chief of staff.

Scannell said that TSA called for the pat-down because the scan showed Cissna had had a mastectomy. She described the search as "intrusive." She did not elaborate on that description.

Scannell said the Anchorage Democrat was told to undergo the pat-down or leave the airport.

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[Boswell]

1. so only survivors of breast cancer

are terrorists now?

[Obamanaut]

2. Imagine! Expecting the elected elite to undergo the same humiliating

treatment as the commoners.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

3. Nice to see the rules apply to everyone

One of the things that has always irritated me is that some were allowed to bypass what the rest of us have to go through. This is a good example.