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| (Photo courtesy of Infowars) |
I kept noticing a story circulating around the web involving
Alex Jones, shoes, and TSA, so I checked it out. After reading, I felt a bit
let down.
I would have expected that Alex knew all of TSA’s policies
and procedures by heart. He talks about them fairly often. Well, today, he refused
to remove his shoes at the Austin-Bergstrom Airport (AUS) while on his way to
an interview with Piers Morgan in New York City. As you can see from the photo,
(Conveniently taken by somebody from InfoWars), it was quite the scene.
Shoe removal has been mandatory for quite some time now.
Even I have to take my shoes off when I travel. There are a lot of questions
that could be asked about his motivation today, but what is clear, is that our
officers followed standard operating procedures today. The only
exceptions for shoe removal are:
- Passengers 12 and under
- Passengers 75 and older
- Members of the Military
- TSA Pre✓™/Global Entry Participants
All other passengers must undergo shoe screening and
passengers with a disability or hindering medical condition who cannot remove
their shoes can be screened using alternative
methods.
TSA’s objective is to mitigate risk in a way that ensures
security measures while both promoting the safe movement of people and commerce
and guarding against a deliberate attack against our transportation systems.
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