Pistole has said that there should be no touching of the skin under underwear:
The head of the Transportation Security Administration John Pistole today said that at least one airport passenger screening went too far when an officer reached inside a traveler's underwear, and said the agency is open to rethinking current protocols.
http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/tsa-res...ry?id=12208932
You will note that he also said the agency is "open to rethinking current protocols." Isn't that his standard response to every instance when a search goes too far? And what has come of it? Exactly nothing.