18 Government Agents Used Terrorism as an Excuse to Terrorize This 9-Year-Old With Pacemaker

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9. Security theater

I'm sorry to hear this kid was handled by people who seem out of control.

I was happy, though, to see on a recent flight that they have stopped the shoes-off, separate bag for liquids thing (and I was in the hoi-polloi line, while my colleagues who travel more were in the RapidPass line).

They did have a dog sniffing everyone, and he became particularly interested in my bag. The handler must have recognized the type of interest he showed, because he shouted at me to KEEP MOVING! I'm guessing the smell of Cat Sleeps Here probably provokes one response, where plastique probably provokes another....