Originally Posted by
TSORon
Procedure. Not the answer you want, but that’s the reason. As for time frame, you are correct. Enhanced pat-downs take normally about 30 seconds. Resolution pat-downs take a bit longer. You said “mostly under my arms”, there were alarm areas in other places? There is a threshold number that will trigger a resolution pat-down rather than an enhanced pat-down, and from what you said is sounds like you may have gotten the resolution one.
There were several under my arms and one one my knee. According to the supervisor, anything over four gets the full grope. Still not sure why it would take over four minutes, and involve my genitals. Still also not sure what they were expecting to find. If they honestly thought "bomb", well, they're delusional.
Originally Posted by
T.J. Bender
Now, did the TSO specifically say that they would arrest him? No, but the message was very clear, and to the average person who sees blue shirt and badge and thinks "cop", the jump in logic wasn't very far.
Exactly.
Look, I'm not the average traveler. I have more of a clue as to the limitation's of TSO's (not enough, apparently, but more than average). And it's still a frightening experience to be told you can't leave and must have your labia stroked or he's going to call the cops over and you're going to jail.
But it seems like in TSORon's opinion, a woman consents to rape if she agrees to have sex with him because she doesn't want the gun he's pointing at her head to go off. I sincerely hope most Americans have a better grasp of "consent under duress" than this.