Originally Posted by
SATTSO
You think that's the only profession - qualified medical - where the genitalia have to be patted down? Really? I have mnow many others - none TSA employees - who have had to do as such in their profession, including federal LEOs. But I guess FBI agents, military personal, etc., are all perverts?
Frankly, the opt out pat down that I've received at DCA and ORD is more aggressive than the pat downs performed on EPW (enemy prisoner of war) that I have been trained on. There is no rational reason why I should be treated worse than an EPW to travel anywhere, much less my own country.