It’s that Sari! Someone screwed up? Or is it just because she is a female? How unfortunate, but diplomats are not exempt. Not even Father Christmas, ask Janet.
The TSA was the centre of a diplomatic storm today after the Indian ambassador was subjected to a ‘patdown’ at a U.S. airport – because she was wearing a sari.
Meera Shankar, who dined at the White House just last month, was given one of the searches after she was pulled from an airport security line in Mississippi.
Today the Indian embassy in Washington protested to the White House about the incident.
External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said: ‘This is unacceptable to India and we are going to take it up with the U.S. government and I hope things could be resolved so that such unpleasant incidents do not recur.’
US faces diplomatic storm after Indian ambassador Meera Shankar’s TSA patdown | Mail Online.
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December 9, 2010 at 5:55 pm
the bastards took Santa’s shoes!!!!
December 9, 2010 at 6:26 pm
I hope each one of them including Janet gets lumps of coal. Jerks.
December 9, 2010 at 7:30 pm
ugh, make it flaming coal; they’re not long on subtlety
December 10, 2010 at 6:37 pm
http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=174607
best summation of the incident
December 10, 2010 at 10:04 pm
Nom, is it too much to ask that common sense be used? Really, how difficult is that?
December 10, 2010 at 10:59 pm
if the assumption is that they are attempting to make flying safer, then one must suppose they are incompetent buffoons;
if the assumption is that they wish to terrorize and cow the populace, it appears to be working…