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Article: Frequently frisked.(NATION)(INSIDE THE BELTWAY)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- February 7, 2005
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Byline: John McCaslin, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Frequently frisked
Peter Greenberg, considered the nation's pre-eminent expert on travel-related issues as chief correspondent for the Travel Channel and travel editor for NBC's "Today," was dining in Washington the other night when Christopher Hinn, the Transportation Security Administration's deputy assistant administrator, approached the table to reintroduce himself.
"Why is it that whenever I see you I have the urge to remove my jacket and shoes?" Mr. Greenberg, a frequent flyer if there ever was one, asked the TSA official.
What Mr. Greenberg avoided telling Mr. Hinn is that one of the ...