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TSA agents will soon conduct a more invasive patdown at U.S. airports:
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has declined to say exactly where—and how—employees will be touching air travelers as part of the more invasive physical pat-down procedure it recently ordered. But the agency does expect some passengers to consider the examination unusual. In fact, the TSA decided to inform local police in case anyone calls to report an "abnormal" federal frisking, according to a memo from an airport trade association obtained by Bloomberg News. The physical search, for those selected to have one, is what the agency described as a more "comprehensive" screening, replacing five separate kinds of pat-downs it previously used.
The decision to alert local and airport police raises a question of just how intimate the agency's employees may get. On its website, the TSA says employees "use the back of the hands for pat-downs over sensitive areas of the body. In limited cases, additional screening involving a sensitive area pat-down with the front of the hand may be needed to determine that a threat does not exist."
[...] The TSA's calls to police were an effort to provide local law enforcement "situational awareness" about the new pat-down method, Christopher Bidwell, ACI-NA's vice president of security, said in an interview Saturday. U.S. airports have not expressed any reservations or concerns about the pat-down change, the association said.
Also at Boing Boing, The Consumerist, NBC, and LA Times.
(Score: 3, Funny) by c0lo on Tuesday March 07 2017, @05:52AM (7 children)
Go, KINK-TOURISM, that's the "land of the free"!
(grin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 07 2017, @06:25AM (4 children)
I wonder what they do if you act like you like it (or actually like it)?
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 07 2017, @06:46AM
Probably handcuff you and take you where your fantasies will be realized.
(Score: 5, Funny) by c0lo on Tuesday March 07 2017, @07:36AM
YMMV
1. the Penile Patriot [lesbianconservative.com] - "The erection episode proved way too much for poor Duncan Allbright, the agent who gave Warren his feel-good hand job. He announced his retirement shortly after Kelvin boarded his flight."
2. blue pill tsa experiment [ebaumsworld.com] - nothing out of the ordinary, just silence during and following the moment.
3. frisking the weapon of mass conception [huffingtonpost.com] - all the 9 non-erect inches of biological threat. TSA was reportedly happy [gawker.com] (and probably satisfied) after the fact, even if the tool didn't reach its full (official record) 13.5" potential
4. traveling while trans [salon.com] may not be that pleasant and may get you arrested.
5. Molly Shannon [wikipedia.org] feels frisking as an orgasmic experience [youtube.com] - see also ASMR [wikipedia.org]
Addendum for kinky tourists: even if you see your super-size vibrator as a personal item, don't carry it into hand luggage - any "baton-like" or "club-like" object over 7 inches will need to be checked by TSA [lovecrave.com].
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 5, Funny) by Leebert on Tuesday March 07 2017, @02:10PM (1 child)
What's more fun is to have them do it when you're sick as a dog.
I was in Portland once and so sick I was basically walking dead. I always refuse the pornoscanners and get the pat-down. I was sneezing and coughing like crazy, and it's kind of hard to cover your nose and mouth when you're standing with your arms outstretched and palms facing up. Needless to say, I got an incredibly brief screening that day.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 08 2017, @07:26AM
If they actually cared about security they would have put you in quarantine.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 07 2017, @07:39AM (1 child)
Title should read: "New and More Intrusive TSA Patdowns Cumming"
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 07 2017, @02:59PM
Grab travelers by the pussy!