Originally Posted by
gsoltso
Absolutely true, which is why I indicate that if the TSO does things by the SOP, there is no sexual assault. I can't comment reliably about things I do not have firsthand knowledge of.
So, sliding along the contours of the body areas identified for search is more offensive than squeezing that particular area repeatedly in the bend/feel and crush method? The sliding has less physical impact on the passenger (as you are not pushing and prodding them, you are merely following the contours seeking to find something that is not supposed to be there), and is also more linear as well as taking less time in general (based on personal experience, I can't speak for HSV, but for me it takes less time). Why would sliding be more offensive than patting down?
Query: This past Friday, while transiting the checkpoint at DTW, the intrepid TSO selected me for MMW after I had passed through the WTMD without alarming it. I groused about removing my belt and wallet, but then successfully passed through the MMW while giving a Stone Cold salute (middle finger extended on each hand). Before going through the MMW, I had placed my boarding pass in a pocket of my cargo shorts.
The Captain America-wannabe TSO on the far side of the MMW said that he needed to pat down the left leg of my shorts. Now, Captain America did not get anywhere near private areas. But what was the purpose of this pat down? Surely the MMW could resolve the boarding pass in my pocket. If it could not, then why have passengers waste time going through such an expensive, useless contraption? Or was this pat down just an example of TSA passive agressive domination?
TSA delenda est.