Originally Posted by red456
It seems to me if someone does touch your "sensitive" areas with the palm and fingers, then you have a very firm basis for a complaint of molestation or sexual assault, knowing what the TSA regulations are.
I'm not so sure about that. Molestation or sexual battery usually requires some intent, and that would probably be lacking.
Like many others, the touching is offensive to me regardless of the screener's state of mind.
The institutional arrogance evidenced by directing 44,000+ federal employees to routinely pat down people at the airport (including their genitals) because it's suspected that two women in Russia bribed the security personnel is truly mind-boggling.
And fortunately, as more and more people experience it (like last weekend and again in 3 weeks), and more stories appear in the media, the greater likelihood this nonsense will be stopped.