More TSA idiocy  A couple of orthodox Jews engaged in a pretty
common prayer ritual, where they wrap leather straps on their
forearms and lash a little leather box to their foreheads.  The
cockpit was placed on a security lockdown for the rest of the
flight _ meaning the door couldn’t be opened even for pilots to
leave briefly. Normal protocol calls for the cockpit to be
locked, but on longer flights the pilots will leave and return
from the flight deck.   Seriously? Not a single person in any
position of authority on that plane had ever seen an orthojew
pray before? Not even on television? Nobody on the plane could
educate them?  Meanwhile, the entire security apparatus at
Richmond International Airport was mobilized to deal with a 21
year old who committed the grave crime of removing his shirt to
reveal the Fourth Amendment written on his chest. (source) He
isn’t taking it lying down — he’s sued the TSA, and it does not
appear to be a crackpot case.  11 Responses to More TSA idiocy
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