Teen girl’s ‘skimpy’ outfit too hot for TSA

truther June 19, 2013 1

A 15-year-old girl wearing leggings, a tank top and a button-down T-shirt claims a Transportation Security Administration agent humiliated her, telling her to cover up as she passed through an ID-check line at Los Angeles International Airport on Father’s Day.

“She said the officer was ‘glaring’ at her and mumbling,” the girl’s father, Mark Frauenfelder, told Yahoo Shine.

“She said, ‘Excuse me?’ and he said, ‘You’re only 15, cover yourself!’ in a hostile tone.”

He said, “It shook her up.”

Frauenfelder, who is editor in chief of Make magazine and founder of the blog Boing Boing, explained that his daughter, Sarina, had been traveling with a group of high-school students on a trip to explore colleges.

After the incident, Sarina began texting her parents.

“I’m furious!” she wrote. “He was so rude and hostile. He made me feel like a slut.”

Frauenfelder, who posted a photo of his daughter wearing her ordinary outfit, blasted the TSA officer on his blog: “It doesn’t matter what she was wearing, though, because it’s none of his business to tell girls what they should or should not wear. His creepy thoughts are his own problem, and he shouldn’t use his position of authority as an excuse to humiliate a girl and blame her for his sick attitude.”

Yahoo Shine reported a TSA spokesperson would not discuss the investigation, but said the agency was “looking into the matter.”

Just after Sarina reported the incident to her parents, they arrived at the airport and met with a TSA supervisor.