TSA: We're Sorry About the Whole Nipple Thing

Posted Mar 28th 2008 7:30PM by TMZ Staff

Gloria Allred 1, TSA 0!

The Transportation Security Administration has officially changed their screening process regarding nipple rings.

Today they acknowledged that they may have gone too far by having a woman remove her nipple rings during a stop at airport security clearance in Lubbock, TX.

The TSA posted the following statement on their website: "TSA acknowledges that our procedures caused difficulty for the passenger involved and regrets the situation in which she found herself. We appreciate her raising awareness on this issue and we are changing the procedures to ensure that this does not happen again."

Hooray for nipples everywhere!

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61. Knowing that this is something that could happen in an airport, dont you think you might remove them before you fly? I would think that would be far less embarrassing to do at home than in an airport.

Posted at 11:51PM on Apr 5th 2008 by Chickie

62. I fly out of Lubbock fairly regularly, and this doesn't surprise me at all. The TSA goons at LIA are the worst I've ever encountered, and seem to enjoy messing with anyone they can... which is just about everyone. Good for Gloria! Maybe now they'll have to actually train the schmucks that work the security line.

Posted at 6:49PM on May 19th 2008 by Lubbock Traveler

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