A US airport security agent who found a vibrator in the
baggage of a transatlantic traveler, and then advised her in
writing what to do with it, is facing disciplinary action.
The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said
Wednesday that a handwritten note that lawyer and blogger Jill
Filipovic found in her checked luggage was "highly inappropriate
and unprofessional."
Filipovic tweeted a picture of the note, which read: "Get your
freak on girl." Under the image, she added: "Just unpacked my
suitcase and found this note from TSA. Guess they discovered a
'personal item' in my bag. Wow."
"TSA quickly launched an investigation and identified the
employee responsible," the federal agency said on its blog.
"That individual was immediately removed from screening
operations and appropriate disciplinary action has been
initiated."
Filipovic lives in New York. Her Twitter account indicated
Wednesday that she had flown to Dublin to talk about feminism,
sexual assault and abortion at Trinity College.
On her Feministe website, she recalled another airport
experience, a few months ago, when "an agent in Cameroon pulled a
tampon out of my bag and manhandled it for a while before smelling
it and then asking me what it was."