Checkpoints and Borders Policy Debate - The Pantagraph: Airport (BMI) TSA search cause for ire

The Pantagraph, "a daily newspaper that serves Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, along with 60 communities and eight counties in the Central Illinois area (wikipedia) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pantagraph), has published this piece by Norma Brown about her recent experience with TSA at Central Illinois Regional Airport (BMI):

The Pantagraph:
Airport TSA search cause for ire
June 16, 2012 (http://www.pantagraph.com/news/opinion/mailbag/airport-tsa-search-cause-for-ire/article_b19742a2-b73c-11e1-91e3-001a4bcf887a.html)

So far, all of the comments attached to the article are negative towards the author. One commentator using the handle "LincolnLady" even asks:

The writer claims to be embarrassed at being patted down in front of other passengers, yet refused to go behind the screen because she wanted witnesses. Little hypocritical?

The Pantagraph, "a daily newspaper that serves Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, along with 60 communities and eight counties in the Central Illinois area (wikipedia) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pantagraph), has published this piece by Norma Brown about her recent experience with TSA at Central Illinois Regional Airport (BMI):

The Pantagraph:
Airport TSA search cause for ire
June 16, 2012 (http://www.pantagraph.com/news/opinion/mailbag/airport-tsa-search-cause-for-ire/article_b19742a2-b73c-11e1-91e3-001a4bcf887a.html)

So far, all of the comments attached to the article are negative towards the author. One commentator using the handle "LincolnLady" even asks:

The writer claims to be embarrassed at being patted down in front of other passengers, yet refused to go behind the screen because she wanted witnesses. Little hypocritical?

one grope (and other humilations) by grope, TSA is losing the public. what do you expect the net effect on the writer of this piece to be? I'd expect this person to avoid traveling by air if possible. One more lost customer accumulating under a very long tail.