Lew, WaPo’s reporting here is disgusting. They not-so-subtly smear Meg McLain:
The Transportation Security Administration released security camera footage that appears to contradict at least some of her claims, as she is not handcuffed in the footage.
Knowing that Meg claimed that she was handcuffed only after some time and was detained for quite awhile, you would think a reporter would realize that the 13-minute video is not evidence one way or the other of whether Meg was handcuffed. At the end of the video, Meg is escorted off-screen. Turns out that there is another TSA video that shows Meg is in handcuffs. We won’t fly points out that the in the last 10 seconds of this video, Meg is being escorted in handcuffs from the security area.
UPDATE: After re-watching the first video, I see that Meg is wearing a bracelet on her right wrist, so it is unclear if it is her bracelet or handcuffs at the end of the second video (and Meg says at about 3/4 through this interview that she only had the handcuffs on for a short period of time). However, there is an unknown period of time that we can not see Meg, so calling her a liar is unwarranted.
9:34 am on November 14, 2010
