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Old Dec 25, 2004 | 3:37 pm
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deephouse
 
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Originally Posted by bdschobel
This is a serious question. Suppose I'm SSSSed and don't want to be touched by a TSA stranger -- and I really don't! Instead, I request a private screening and strip naked.
I haven't exactly stripped naked, but I got away with a "flash" instead of a pat-down in a private secondary screening when my nipple piercings set off the wand. (This was before the automatic torso pat-down policy, BTW.) I explained that my piercer advised me not to let anyone else touch the jewelry while the piercings are still healing.
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