TSA Looks to VA and DoD for “Mental Defectives”

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December 18, 2005 at 14:31:01

TSA Looks to VA and DoD for “Mental Defectives”

by Larry Scott Page 2 of 2 page(s)

http://www.opednews.com

I guess it shouldn’t surprise me. I’m sure some agency knows that I rented the DVD of Fahrenheit 9/11 from the video store and, at the library, checked out a copy of It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis. But, the idea of them having my medical records to see if I should be kept off an airplane because I MIGHT be a “mental defective” makes me want to go back to the library and check out a copy of 1984.

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Larry Scott served four years in the U.S. Army with overseas tours as a Broadcast Journalist in Korea and the Azores and a stateside tour as a Broadcast Journalism Instructor at the Defense Information School (DINFOS). He was awarded DOD's First Place Thomas Jefferson Award for Excellence in Journalism. After the Army, Larry was a news anchor on WNBC Radio in New York City. He receives VA compensation for a service-connected disability. Larry is a regular on the Thom Hartmann show on Air America Radio. Today, Larry resides in Southwest Washington and operates the website VA Watchdog dot Org.