TSA Keeps Woman Off Flight As Retaliation, Passenger Claims

TSA Keeps Woman Off Flight As Retaliation?

A woman is accusing the TSA of keeping her off a flight as retaliation for not allowing them to test her water, according to a video she posted on YouTube.

The incident occurred at one of Houston's airports by user AirportVideosofTSA. (This is the only video on the account.) According to the user:

I was not allowed to board a plane (even though I had already been through airport security) because I drank my water instead of letting the TSA "test" it. The TSA agent finally admitted that it wasn't because they thought I was a security risk-it was because the TSA agent...was mad at me!

In the cell phone video, listeners can make out a scratchy conversation:

Woman: "Do you think that I am honestly a threat..."

Male agent: "No, no, no, but with your attitude..."

Woman: "Let me get this straight. This is retaliatory for my attitude. This is not making the airways safer. It's retaliatory."

Male agent: "Pretty much...yes."

Last week a video of TSA agents testing drinks for explosives post-security popped up on YouTube, but the agency was quick to remind passengers that it been performing such tests for some time now.

Has anyone witnessed or experienced something like this before? Let us know in the comments below.

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