Use witnesses. The agents don’t want to be alone with passengers & it can be avoided. You have the right to have someone with you if you opt to be screened in private.
Some of the stories I’m seeing are just hard to believe. A witness would make all the difference.
At our local airport, the local cops are always handy at the checkpoints & can be used as witnesses.
Some people are crazy & make stuff up. They’re often the loudest.
Some of what is being reported as absolute truth is in direct violation of TSA procedures, per the TSA agents I talk to. Thus, either someone at TSA is violating policy or the complainant is lying.
Having a witness handy solves a lot of problems.
USE WITNESSES? Oh please. Some of these people took videos, and you STILL don’t believe it? Did you see the video of the 3 year old screaming at being “patted down”? (How benign that sounds—”patted down” as opposed to groped...)