And when, as Federal officers, did they comply with the 4th Amendment and present a search warrant?????
The first person who responds by saying "you don't have a right to fly" should be forced to fly on over 120 flights a year like I used to do.
Of course not!
This search procedure is supposed to be "voluntary" since they must ask your permission before every invasion of your person and your privacy. Who is going to refuse? At the best all I could say was, "I really object to this but I know that I have no choice" or I could have been led away in handcuffs! In fact my family was surprised that I was allowed to board the plane after giving even that feeble protest, and then having the audacity to suggest that they search the Arab Muslim fellow with the stick. Oh, but, that woulda been "racial profiling" and "religious discrimination."
Did I mention that the airline security person found a Hebrew prayer book in my carry-on, opened it (upside down) and leafed through it like it was the Al Qaeda training manual.