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Old Sep 4, 2010 | 5:08 pm
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If you are lucky you will find only WTMD at the checkpoint. Be sure that you and your daughter do not wear baggy clothing. that will very likely earn you a pat down.

The Strip Search Machines come in two flavors, Backscatter (x ray) and MMW. There are some who believe that the Backscatter is not safe for children or pregnant women. You can identify the Backscatter machine, it has two large rectangular boxes you stand between.

As far as a pat down, your daughter may get a pat down even if you allow the strip search. If that is going to happen I would request a police officer, ask them why your daughter is being sexually assaulted and as them to file a complaint against the screener.

Once you get through be sure to file complaints with TSA, the Airport Director and your embassies, these searches are clearly an assault, are a civil rights violation and exceed the limited Administrative Search for Weapons, Incendiaries, and Explosives that TSA is authorized to conduct.
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