Originally Posted by chollie

Sounds true.

There have been instances at various checkpoints where someone was told to cover-up for the patdown. You have to wonder...if it's about security, why have TSOs objected to folks going through checkpoints without shirts, in bikinis, in spandex body suits...One would think that the less flesh that a groper has to grope, the better for the groper and the pax, but they sure don't seem to see it that way. You want to get TSOs riled at a checkpoint, line up and take your shirt off and watch the reaction.

And please, we don't need TSOs telling us "think of the children" like that jerk that got upset when someone used the word 'penis' before the grope. Hello? He's worried some little kid might hear the word 'penis', but he's not worried that same little kid (possibly of opposite gender) will watch him grope that same penis and wonder what's going on?

(I'm thinking of that iconic picture of the middle-aged male screener down on his knees with his hand in the older gentleman's business. Kids will find that image less unsettling than hearing the word 'penis' or seeing someone without a shirt or in a bikini going through the checkpoint?)

They clearly have issues with visual screening. They really really want hands-on. I suspect you would have to strip naked, put on a drape, get groped through the drape, have your clothes inspected and swabbed. And I'm confident that no matter where the anomaly is, you will not leave without a full-body grope.