Before the TSA

German travelers in the 1950s complained that beautiful women were routinely being singled out for strip searches by guards at border crossings. The pretext for these searches was usually something trivial, such as a few Swiss francs undeclared. Sounds like the TSA learned some lessons from these guys.

Source: The Corpus Christi Caller-Times - Dec 6, 1951

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Posted By: Alex - Mon Jun 22, 2015
Category: Government | Officials | Travel | 1950s

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Klienin fraulines mit grossen tittens.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 06/22/15 at 11:56 AM

It may be just be a space filling stories but it sure does ring true.

Posted by KDP on 06/22/15 at 02:10 PM

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