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IN THE NEWS: A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) worker at Miami International Airport was arrested last week for allegedly beating up a co-worker after jokes about the size of his private parts that colleagues observed while training with full-body scanning machines. This clearly shows that these scanners are a violation of our privacy.
IN THE NEWS: More details have surfaced in the story of Qatari diplomat Mohammed Al-Madadi. He was apparently on his way to meet Ali Al-Marri, an imprisoned Al-Qaeda sleeper agent who is serving eight years in prison. But because of his joke about lighting his shoes on fire aboard a commercial airliner, we can expect to see some reaction from the media that may potentially affect air travel for Muslim Americans.
IN THE NEWS: U.S. fighter jets were reportedly scrambled after a Qatari diplomat was wrestled down by air-marshals when he allegedly told them, “I’m lighting my shoes on fire.” He was caught smoking in a plane lavatory when he offered the alternate explanation to the marshals, which prompted a national security scare. Maybe the diplomat was joking at the wrong time and place, but if the FBI didn’t find explosives on the plane, was its reaction over the top?
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