Nightly News   |  December 05, 2011

Woman plans to sue TSA over ‘strip search’

An elderly New York woman says she's planning to sue the Transportation Security Administration after what she said was a humiliating "strip search." NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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>>> an elderly new york woman said she is planning to sue the t.s.a. after what she said was a humiliating strip search . 85-year-old lenore silverman was at jfk headed to ft. lauderdale. she asked to be patted down after she refused to go through the full body scanner because she has a defibrillator. she said that led to a if i kas as -- fiasco in a private search room. zimmerman told reporters if they stop 85-year-old ladies because they think you might be a terrorist, this country is in big trouble .