Robin Abcarian: A woman's past abuse is dredged up by a pat-down
It was the end of an uneventful business trip. Tracie Stafford, who teaches communications skills to corporate and political clients all over the country, arrived at Los Angeles International Airport around 9 p.m. for her flight home to Sacramento on Feb. 26. She got into the Transportation Security Administration screening line.
One hour later, she was on a bench outside the Delta terminal, weeping and shaking, unable to think straight. She had missed her 9:55 p.m. flight - the last one out - and had to find a hotel room. She has been in a state of emotional turmoil ever since.
What happened in that TSA line?
Stafford recounted her story to me, first by phone, then over lunch Friday in the Sacramento suburb of Elk
