US Officials Who Frisked APJ Abdul Kalam Sacked

New Delhi, Dec 1: Two officials of US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) involved in frisking former president A P J Abdul Kalam at an American airport in September have been sacked for not following “appropriate procedures”, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.

“Senior TSA officials in a meeting with the India embassy in Washington on November 1, 2011 informed that the two TSA officials involved in the screening incident have been terminated from their job,” External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said.

In a written reply in the Upper House, he said the TSA officials also informed that “they would review screening procedure for Abdul Kalam”.

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