Posted on 11/09/2010 9:43:51 PM PST by devere
When I recently wrote about opting out of the TSA's naked body scanners and then being patted down by a TSA agent, that pat-down was conducted by the agent using the back of his hand (http://www.naturalnews.com/030100_n...). As of today, that technique is no longer in place. The TSA's new guidelines call for agents to use their "palms and fingers" to "probe" your body for hidden weapons. This means TSA agents will now be feeling up your crotch, palming your breasts and fingering your testicles as part of their increasingly humiliating "X-rated pat down" technique.
This new "palms and fingers" pat-down technique (also known as "groping" passengers) was announced by the TSA last week alongside an ambitious new plan to roll out 1,000 new naked body scanners by 2011. Any air traveler who opts out of the naked body scanner, of course, gets groped by a TSA agent using the new "palms and fingers" pat-down technique.
The upshot is that the TSA either wants to SEE your naked body or FEEL it with their hands.
This new rule also affects pilots, by the way. And just yesterday, ABC News carried a report about a U.S. pilot who said was so upset by the enhanced pat-down technique that he called it sexual molestation and found that afterwards, he could not safely operate the airplane. (http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/major-...)
So now we have the TSA actually terrorizing pilots and turning them into angry, abused victims of sexual molestation who must then fly our airplanes. How's that for TSA safety?
Violating the privacy rights of Americans All this is a gross violation of Americans' Fourth Amendment rights, of course. It's also demeaning and (intentionally) humiliating to air travelers. In addition, the use of naked body scanners on children violates child porn laws.
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Man, the local charter services look better each day.
These are small sacrifices we must make to be safe. /s
What makes them think that terrorists won’t carry the explosives within their bodies, where a hand exam won’t reveal them? An IUD, a tampon, a breast implant, a pouch up the rectum—these are all ways explosives could be carried. What a stupid waste this is. Reason #87329 I won’t be flying anytime soon.
I’m waiting for the stories of the pervs who buy a ticket just to be able to go through security again and again ;-)
Call me a liar? Then sit back and watch the transactions in SeaTac or any other major hub. It's disgraceful and needs serious punishment and an overhaul of the entire system.
Americans should be able to get security clearances at airports the same way we get conceal and carry. Meet certain criteria and you can avoid this invasion all together.
“These are small sacrifices we must make to be safe. /s”
When I flew out of Ben Gurion airport the “sacrifice” was chatting with a pretty young Israeli security officer. She figured out I wasn’t a menace, and let me fly.
Is it just possible that the Israelis know what they are doing, and our TSA is a bunch of incompetent goons?
It sounds like TSA needs a DADT policy.
I feel as if that’s how ridiculous it’s getting. Want to fly commercial? Leave all your clothes in the airport locker, and, oh yeah, you can’t take any luggage either. And you have to have a cavity search anyway. Enjoy your flight. Oh, did we mention there are no longer any bathrooms on the plane? A bomb could be assembled from the hand soap and TP. Not to mention that creepy blue stuff that flushes the toilet...
Not just possible, but the truth. The TSA had to hire a bunch of goons in a hurry, and now they’ve got people who have never been in a position of responsibility who think they rule the world, even if they’re dumb as a box of rocks and don’t possess the judgment of a snail.
I wish Israel could operate a domestic airline in our country, under their own rules!
TELL THEM NO MORE FLIGHTS.
I also don't want to be felt up by some pervert (man or woman). It really makes me ill to think about it.
Its been done before although "unsuccessfully" - This muzzi got his butt bomb in to see the prince but his pelvic bones seemed to conceal enough of the blast.
See here: Al Qaeda Bombers Learn from Drug Smugglers
I think this is the same type of explosive that was used in the attempted Christmas Day bombing in Detroit and again in the Cargo plane attempts that happened recently. I'm not totally sure about the explosive types matching but its what I've been told.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/tsa-fondles-women-and-children-refusing-airport-naked-body-scanners.html
There is a Youtube video from Alex Jones at this link. On it he interviews a woman who describes what happened to her and her daughters.
The TSA should have the same employment requirements and standards of any Federal law enforcement agency.
Why would the pilot need to take *any* bomb or weapon on board? I think Egypt Air 990 proved that quite reliably. All he needs is to do something that the aircraft can't recover from; and pilots certainly know the limits of the hardware.
One of my neighbors a few doors down the block is a TSA agent. Big burly guy, with a gross-out sense of humor, always telling nasty jokes. I think he really enjoys his job. I feel bad for anyone being checked by him. I prefer driving to flying, even if it's a thousand miles away.
90% of airline travel is wasteful.
Money for fuel, goes to the Taliban
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these indignities are good
I prefer driving to flying, even if it’s a thousand miles away.
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Amen to that.
As long as ‘we’ stand in line and allow them to herd us around like cattle, conditions will only get worse.
When “WE THE PEOPLE” shun the airlines, steps will be taken to either tone down or at least use some common sense and quit worrying about ‘hurting peoples feelings’.
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