Posted on 11/18/2010 11:07:37 AM PST by Nachum
As nearly 2 million holiday travellers pack Bay Area airports starting Friday, local prosecutors have a warning for overzealous security agents performing the new federal pat-down: touch passengers the wrong way, and well throw you in jail.
Although authorities in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties said they have not received any criminal complaints since the pat-downs began this month, the searches can involve touching of the genital and breast areas, which critics say is akin to sexual assault.
The Transportation Security Administration says the pat-downs are rare and most commonly used when travellers opt not to travel through the full-body X-ray scanners, which reveal what is underneath passengers clothes and are used at all three Bay Area airports. Passengers who refuse both options would not be allowed to travel and the TSA could even fine them up to $11,000 if they delay other passengers.
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I'm one of the fortunate few who can fart on cue....this talent could come in handy.
As was mentioned by someone else, does this mean that all breast implants must be surgically removed in case they are explosives or biological agents that could kill. Xray won't prove anything. There is no end to this crap because it is crap.
I know!...This is ridiculous!....All this because Obowma won’t profile Muslims?....This is way beyond pissed off!!!
Be careful!...You fart and that TSA agent might crack your family jewels!....
“Rent a Burka”......excellent idea!
Um, while you’re down there......
If I let my underage daughter go through the machine does it become child porn?
You have found the only white TSA groper in the entire world.
I just checked and a Burka can be purchased on line for around $75.00 bucks. My question is, would any of you female posters put one on to get through screening??
I think I’ll go to http://www.despair.com/tsa.html and get a TSA t-shirt that says:
“And they didn’t even give me the courtesy of a reach-around”
Buying about six lap dances would work, too.
How about colostomy bags, TSA? It's easy to make explosives from fertilizer...
Even scarier, what if your underage daughter is wearing a sanitary napkin? Will the TSA agent make her take if off and subject her to even more humiliation?
Looks like the TSA guy is holding his breath, maybe the guy did let one pass........
Everyone who pushed this through should also have to go through it too. But, they don’t. That’s why they don’t give a fig. I’m beyond pissed off too!!! What’s the next step, body cavity searches??? Interment camps? And how is this going to affect people mentally over time? Or even one time?
Toll-Free number to the Congressional Switchboard
(866) 338-1015
He’s probably wondering were the hell he put his resume....
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