During a press conference today, Ms Hamlin said she
was scanned by a female Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent
using a handheld detector that beeped when it passed in front of her chest.

Ms Hamlin told the agent she had nipple piercings. The female agent then called
over her male colleagues, one of whom said she would have to remove the body
piercings.

Ms Hamlin said she asked if she could display her pierced breasts in private to
the female agent but several other male officers told her she could not board
her flight until the jewellery was removed.

She was taken behind a curtain and managed to remove one bar-shaped nipple
piercing but had trouble with the second, a ring.

“Still crying, she informed the TSA officer that she could not remove it
without the help of pliers, and the officer gave a pair to her,” Ms Hamlin's
lawyer, Gloria Allred, told the director of the TSA's Office of Civil Rights
and Liberties.

Rest
of exploding nipple article here

This has honestly got to
be the most ridiculous thing I have ever read. 

Some of you who may
actually question why I think this is inane might want to reread this statement
in the actual article(s) on the net:

Ms Allred said the
incident followed a similar claim by reality TV star Nicole Richie, who said
she had her breasts inspected by security at an airport because of her nipple rings.

So if someone has “celebrity” status then it is okay to do
exactly what this victim asked for a, breast inspection, so she did not have to
suffer pain and humiliation?  I think the
folks who “inspected” Nichole Richie just wanted a celebrity tit shot.

Did they seriously think an inspection would not have been
enough or that her nipple rings/bars were gonna explode?

This comes on the heels of women (multiple) being made to
change clothes before boarding a plane because a skirt and tank top were
considered obscene by some JEALOUS stewardess!

It is sickening that women can be made victims in the name
of national security.