Wednesday, March 08, 2017

TSA's new "pat-downs" are so invasive, airports are pre-emptively warning cops to expect sexual assault claims

Cory Doctorow · Monday, March 06, 2017, 3:57 pm

If the TSA thinks that you're suspicious -- or if you opt out of the "optional" full-body scanner -- you get a junk-touching "secondary screening" in which the screeners "pat you down" by rubbing the backs of their hands on your genitals and other "sensitive areas" (they can be pretty rough -- a screener at ORD once punched me in the balls to retaliate for me asking him not to rest the tub containing my bags on top of my unprotected laptop)

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