TSA makes mother drink breast milk

From ABC:

Mother forced to drink breast milk at security check

A New York woman is considering taking legal action after security officials at JFK International Airport insisted she drink from bottles of her own breast milk in front of other passengers.

Elizabeth McGarry, 40, says security guards questioned the contents of three bottles in her carry-on baggage before she boarded a plane with her infant daughter in April.

The New York Post reports after Mrs McGarry explained it was breast milk, the guards insisted she take several sips from each bottle to prove the fluid posed no security threat.

The officials rejected a compromise offer by Mrs McGarry that she dab a little milk on her arm and lick it off.

"It was very uncomfortable and very embarrassing and very disgusting," she said.

"I'm all for random searches ... but I do think the number of Caucasian, lactating mothers who have passed through Al Qaeda training camps is negligible," she said.

Mrs McGarry is now weighing a suggestion from the civil rights lawyer that she sue over the incident.

The Transport Security Administration (TSA), which oversees all airport security screeners, is refusing to comment directly on Mrs McGarry's case, saying it is only aware of press reports.

"The TSA does not require people to drink from their liquids before going through security checkpoints," said TSA spokesman Greg Warren.

"We do have a policy that anything going through a checkpoint must be screened and any liquids must be in resealable containers," he added.