[Responsibility2nd]

TSA promises $10,000 fine for refusing sexual assault

November 14th, 2010

By Rady Ananda

At the San Diego International Airport yesterday, about one-fifth of the travelers were selected for sexual assault by transportation security agents. Though TSA’s website did not list SAN as one of the airports employing the carcinogenic naked scan or a full body rub down, one man was told his refusal to submit would result in a civil law suit and a $10,000 fine. Under 49 CFR Sec.s 1540.105 and 1540.107, as summarized in these 2004 TSA Sanction Guidelines, apparently TSA has Congressional support to fine people for refusing to submit to molestation.

John Tyner posted his video of the incident and described in detail the experience. At about 3:50 into the first video, Tyner tells TSA agents:

“If you touch my junk, I’m gonna have you arrested.”

“Upon buying your ticket, you gave up a lot of your rights,” said one TSA agent (~8:34).

“The government took them away after 9/11,” he countered.

[Alberta's Child]

Bump for later . . . I need to see this video, but I can't stream video here at work.

I predict that this will become one of those memorable quotes for the ages . . . along the lines of such other noteworthy quotes such as: "Don't tase me, bro!" With my apologies for my blatant use of this phrase without proper attribution, I have now made it my new tagline:

"If you touch my junk, I'm gonna have you arrested."

[dfwgator]

Michael Jackson is going, “If I knew the TSA was going to start doing this, I wouldn’t have taken all those drugs.”