Originally Posted by JObeth66

Not for nothing, but if the police stopped you every time you started the engine of your car and backed out of your driveway, how many times would that have to happen before you found it abusive and complained? Simply *driving* a car does not constitute probable cause to be stopped by an LEO

Attempting to use a legally purchased and valid airline ticket should not be probable cause for being frisked, either, IMO. Even if I were pulled over by a police officer for a traffic violation, the odds of my being frisked are fairly slim. But refusing to allow myself to be subjected to radiation is suddenly grounds for physical violation?

You may say it's not - but as a survivor of sexual abuse, I am very, very sensitive as to who gets to touch me and where and under what circumstances. If I refuse NoS, why can't I be sent back through the metal detector, and only IF I alarm there, be subject to SSSS?

It's been asked and not answered - if someone is directed to a private screening area, can they bring a witness and allow photographic (or video) evidence to be retained by said witness?

Here's another question - why is it that the dead can be loaded on a plane without a scan, but not the living? I have an acquaintance who is an undertaker, and their funeral home is a "certified screening facility" (which required a 10 minute training course). She slaps a sticker on the coffin and that coffin goes in the plane without a second glance. Jewelers, art dealers and pharmaceutical companies can get the same stickers, from what I've been told.