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An older photograph purportedly showing a female Muslim TSA agent screening a nun at an airport began recirculating on the internet in June 2016, frequently accompanied by disparaging remarks about President Obama, Muslims, or alarmist messages about national security: Whatever this photograph depicts, Obama's America isn't part of it. The picture was taken by Dean Shaddock at a Detroit airport and posted to Flickr on 20 September 2007, more than a year before Barack Obama was elected to the White House: Although it's likely that two women pictured are Muslim and Catholic, that's an assumption based on their mode of dress and not something that was apparently verified by the photographer. While some viewers may find irony in a Muslim TSA agent's being employed to pat down a Catholic nun, there is no legal reason why a Muslim can't be a TSA agent or why a nun can't be subject to additional screening at an airport. In fact, the TSA web site states that people wearing head coverings, loose fitting or bulky garments, such as a nun in a habit, may undergo additional security screening. (And contrary to common rumor, Muslim women are not exempt from similar screenings.)
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