http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 02:24:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/the-tsa-is-an-irredeemable-shi.html http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/the-tsa-is-an-irredeemable-shi.html#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:16:45 +0000 Cory Doctorow http://boingboing.net/?p=200504 it's TSA at DFW, who detained a weeping 12-year-old girl with a genetic bone disorder in a wheelchair, separated from her family, on public display, for an hour. Her hands had tested positive for explosive residue, but it was a false alarm. No apologies from the TSA. Oh, and if she was the world's sneakiest suicide bomber, congrats, TSA, you kept her right there among all the other travelers for an hour, while you believed that she was about to blow herself to kingdom come. The Shitshow Agency, indeed. ]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/14/the-tsa-is-an-irredeemable-shi.html/feed 22