For what it’s worth, I didn’t see obenyo’s post as an attack on us?
Are they really sticking their hands down people’s underpants nowadays, or is it like it’s shown on TV, where they feel the inner thighs up to the groin area, or are they genuinely touching genitals? I’m getting mixed info on what they’re doing, and some of it is probably bogus.
And is it true that they’re only doing the invasive stuff if somebody actually sets off the metal detector?
There was a thread on it and yes, this qualifes are thuggish and perverted.
TSA Pat Down Went Too Far, Agency Chief Says
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2631221/posts
“The beleaguered head of the Transportation Security Administration said today that at least one airport passenger screening went too far when an officer reached inside a traveler’s underwear, and the agency is open to rethinking its current protocols. “
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FR does a great service in providing a posting history of every FReeper for every other FReeper to review.
I think the policy is that if people refuse the scanner they get the *pat down*.
And the safety or effectiveness of the scanners has not been established either.
Here is a list of almost all the TSA threads to date.
T&A ... err ... TSA Monster Link List [freep-notes]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2630886/posts
TSA Full-Body Scans Would Not Pass Hospital IRB Reviews
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2629815/posts
Naked scanners at US airports may be dangerous: scientists
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2627511/posts
Terahertz/Submillimeter Activity Radiation (TSA-Rays) will melt your DNA, physicists find.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2628032/posts
Scanners’ Effectiveness in Question (New “Security” TOTALLY INEFFECTIVE)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2631881/posts