TSA wants to get more intimate when doing passenger pat downs.
Mar 31, 2017, 8:26 am
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Mar 31, 2017, 9:58 am
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I'm this close to buying the tightest pants with the fewest seams that I can find (I presume male yoga pants are available?), purely to reduce my chances of TSA stupidity. And tight pants ARE NOT a good look on me. Heck I'm this close to going through the checkpoint like I'm in a professional wrestling match in a pair of spandex trunks and nothing else.
Mar 31, 2017, 10:02 am
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Mar 31, 2017, 10:04 am
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As Petaluma1 pointed out upstream, I have said something close to this once or twice along the lines of: "I have several genital warts from years of unprotected sex. They are really oozing right now." I like your embellishment about the doc having to use special gloves!
Mar 31, 2017, 10:09 am
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Mar 31, 2017, 10:11 am
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DFW radio station WBAP interviewed the mom of the boy this morning. She stated some things which I hadn't heard before. According to the mom there was a backup occurring at that TSA Checkpoint and several people had asked one female TSA screener what was going on. Apparently this mom had spoken with this screener a bit earlier about the slow down and as reported this TSA screener was being rude with her and others in the line. It was this screener which told the male screener to grope the boy. At no time was there any indication of any kind of an alarm as claimed by TSA.
Sound like a purely retaliatory act because mom had already had words with the female TSA screener.
Sound like a purely retaliatory act because mom had already had words with the female TSA screener.
Mar 31, 2017, 10:12 am
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I actually have a pair lying around...my living setup is quite disorganized 
. But yes, I see the new attire for passing TSA for me becoming apparent.
With my luck I'll go through all this effort, just to end up not getting random selected by the WTMD for the next several years.
. But yes, I see the new attire for passing TSA for me becoming apparent.With my luck I'll go through all this effort, just to end up not getting random selected by the WTMD for the next several years
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Mar 31, 2017, 10:24 am
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Mar 31, 2017, 10:24 am
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Mar 31, 2017, 10:53 am
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TSA has apparently asked Mom to participate in:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...m_npd_nn_tw_ma
Seems to me TSA often does this after a particularly egregious episode and nothing ever comes of it. A move to mollify Mom and attempt to get the general public to believe TSA cares, is how I see this.
On Thursday, Williamson, whose Facebook post about the pat-down went viral, said she had been contacted by the TSA, who asked her to participate in a three-tiered solution to making the regulations for children and people with challenges more sensitive and clear.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...m_npd_nn_tw_ma
Seems to me TSA often does this after a particularly egregious episode and nothing ever comes of it. A move to mollify Mom and attempt to get the general public to believe TSA cares, is how I see this.
Mar 31, 2017, 10:57 am
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You should be more concerned about what is on the gloves of the TSA screener. If you don't insist on the screener changing gloves before any groping no telling what might be transferred.
And take notice that TSA shows no concern about protecting anyone but TSA employees, otherwise they would be changing gloves before touching any person.
And take notice that TSA shows no concern about protecting anyone but TSA employees, otherwise they would be changing gloves before touching any person.
Mar 31, 2017, 11:28 am
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TSA has apparently asked Mom to participate in:
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...m_npd_nn_tw_ma
Seems to me TSA often does this after a particularly egregious episode and nothing ever comes of it. A move to mollify Mom and attempt to get the general public to believe TSA cares, is how I see this.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...m_npd_nn_tw_ma
Seems to me TSA often does this after a particularly egregious episode and nothing ever comes of it. A move to mollify Mom and attempt to get the general public to believe TSA cares, is how I see this.
Mar 31, 2017, 11:43 am
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I once had SSSS and knew about it in advance. I wore the smallest, tight-fitting shorts I own, along with a tight-fitting t-shirt.
That did not stop the screening from going inside of shorts, all over the t-shirt, and my bare arms and legs.
Even minimal and tight-fitting clothes offer no protection.
That did not stop the screening from going inside of shorts, all over the t-shirt, and my bare arms and legs.
Even minimal and tight-fitting clothes offer no protection.
Mar 31, 2017, 12:10 pm
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This article contains the mother's Facebook post, describing in detail TSA's response.
https://consumerist.com/2017/03/31/t...ying-pat-down/
https://consumerist.com/2017/03/31/t...ying-pat-down/