Woman arrested at ABIA after refusing enhanced pat down

On this Christmas Day let us take a moment to think of all those who are not able to be with their families today, because they believe in the Constitution, thanks to the TSA.

Early Wednesday morning, a computer glitch shut down a security checkpoint for a couple of hours at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. The line snaked out the door as many travelers waited for more than an hour and some missed their flights. One of the first people in line after that shutdown never made it through. She was arrested and banned from the airport.


Claire Hirschkind, 56, who says she is a rape victim and who has a pacemaker-type device implanted in her chest, says her constitutional rights were violated. She says she never broke any laws. But the Transportation Security Administration disagrees.

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"It's unfortunate that that happened and she didn't get to fly home, but it makes me feel a little safer," said Emily Protine.