CDA Fed Security Forces Woman To Remove Bra

Originally posted 5:43 p.m. Wednesday

Kathy Plonka/Spokesman-Review

“I was shocked and disappointed,” said Owen Plato on Wednesday about the treatment his wife Lori received upon entering the federal courthouse in Coeur d’Alene on Sept. 20. She was told to remove her underwire bra to pass through security.

Instead, Plato, who describes herself as “not petite,” said she removed her bra while her husband tried to shield her from view of others in the crowded lobby by holding up his coat. She said she had to put the bra on a conveyor belt and send it through an x-ray machine. “After I got through the metal detector and waited for my bra to come through the conveyor belt, one of the security guards said, “That’s a girl,’” Plato said. She thought the guard was making fun of her/ Taryn Hecker , Spokesman-Review.

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Question: Do you agree with the U.S. Marshal who contends that the woman here is “inflating” her story?