What Really Happened

Monica Emerson was trying to take her young son through security at Reagan National Airport. Her son had some water in his sippy cup and she was told that she couldn't get through security with the water still in the cup. No liquids past the checkpoint. The rules apply to everyone, even former Secret Service like Emerson.

The rule is a bit much, but there's no selective enforcement, everyone has to abide by it. Even two year olds, no liquids means no liquids, for anyone.

So Emerson got pissed and said "ok, I'll spill it out," and she dumped the water right on the floor. That of course only caused more trouble and she was detained even longer.

After the incident Emerson told everyone in the media that she was picked on, and all she had was water for her two year old son, and it accidentally spilled and the big bad TSA hassled a poor innocent mother and her young child and why don't they catch some real terrorists.

Sounds like a great story, except for one thing. The TSA said "oh yeah bitch?" The TSA released the surveillance video of the incident, something they NEVER do, and it clearly showed Emerson purposefully dumping the water on the ground in the security checkpoint area.

So she bitched about having to follow the rules, then she flashed her Secret Service badge, then she spilled the water on the ground and finally she lied about the whole incident.

Put her on the permanent no-fly list.