PORTLAND, Ore., April 18 (Reuters) – A 49-year-old Oregon
man became so fed up with airport screening that he stripped
naked at Portland International Airport security checkpoint,
police said.
Some passengers covered their own eyes, as well as their
children’s, during the Tuesday evening incident, a Port of
Portland Police report said, while others “stepped out of the
screening lanes to look, laugh and take photos.”
Officials asked John Brennan numerous times to put his
clothes back on, but “Mr. Brennan refused to dress” and was
taken into custody, according to the police report.
“When interviewed about his actions, Mr. Brennan stated he
flies a lot and had disrobed as a form of protest against
(Transportation Security Administration) screeners who he felt
were harassing him,” the report said.
He jailed on suspicion of disorderly conduct and indecent
exposure and later released. Neither alcohol nor drugs was
involved in the incident, the report said.
Brennan missed his Alaska Airlines flight to San Jose,
California.
(Reporting and writing by Teresa Carson; Editing by Steve
Gorman and Doina Chiacu)
