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Ever complained to the staff about the food in a restaurant and have them offer you a free extra helping of the stuff to make up for the poor quality? Apparently, those same folks are now working for the so-called Transportation Security Administration.

Having discovered that their security theater is mostly useless, they've doubled-down.

Mike Masnick at TechDirt reports [techdirt.com]

The TSA is apparently increasing the sexual assaulty nature of these searches [bloomberg.com]:

The new physical touching--for those selected to have a pat-down--will be be what the federal agency officially describes as a more "comprehensive" physical screening, according to a Transportation Security Administration spokesman.

Denver International Airport, for example, notified employees and flight crews on [March 2] that the "more rigorous" searches "will be more thorough and may involve an officer making more intimate contact than before".

Got that? I love the way they dance around the fact that this is randomly allowed sexual assault on people who just want to travel somewhere. But it's described as "physical touching" that is more "comprehensive" and "may involve an officer making more intimate contact."

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