90-year-old granny strip searched by TSA security at Portland airport
- 8 years ago
PORTLAND — A 90-year-old woman was allegedly strip searched by TSA security agents at Portland International Airport on Saturday, KATU reported.
In an interview with her son Alan Charney, 67, who was with her at the airport, Harriette Charney, 90, was asked to remove her blouse and bra after setting off the alarm at the body scanner security checkpoint.
According to KATU, Charney had sewn an extra pocket in her bra to stash some money which set off the suspicions of the TSA agents.
She was taken to a secondary screening room where, according to her son, "They wanted her to take, I guess, take all of her clothes off from her waist up, and so she took off that and took off her bra ... and I'm like 'what??!!"
TSA spokesman Mike England disputed Charney's version of events. He told Daily Mail in a written statement, "Preliminary findings indicate that at no time during the screening process did the passenger remove her clothing nor was she requested to.
"In fact, when the passenger, of her own volition, began to disrobe, she was immediately stopped by the TSA officer conducting the screening."
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In an interview with her son Alan Charney, 67, who was with her at the airport, Harriette Charney, 90, was asked to remove her blouse and bra after setting off the alarm at the body scanner security checkpoint.
According to KATU, Charney had sewn an extra pocket in her bra to stash some money which set off the suspicions of the TSA agents.
She was taken to a secondary screening room where, according to her son, "They wanted her to take, I guess, take all of her clothes off from her waist up, and so she took off that and took off her bra ... and I'm like 'what??!!"
TSA spokesman Mike England disputed Charney's version of events. He told Daily Mail in a written statement, "Preliminary findings indicate that at no time during the screening process did the passenger remove her clothing nor was she requested to.
"In fact, when the passenger, of her own volition, began to disrobe, she was immediately stopped by the TSA officer conducting the screening."
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