Friday, November 19, 2010

Uproar over government-sanctioned T&A continues...

This is a reasonable search (and seizure, literally)?



Or these?

Full grope search of screaming three year old girl...after taking away her teddy bear.

Cancer survivor has to remove prosthetic breast during search.

Female business traveler says TSA search felt like sexual assault, included hands inside underwear.

Cancer survivor humiliated and covered in urine.

Who in the upper echelon of the TSA assumed people would put up with this? There are alternatives that make a lot more sense, first by taking a look at how Israel handles airport security:




Robert Poole, of the Reason Foundation, weighs in as well in The Daily Beast. Seems pretty rational. My pull quote:

Rep. John Mica (R-FL) was the Aviation Subcommittee chairman back in 2001 and voted to create the TSA, like nearly every other member of Congress not named Ron Paul. But Mica also wisely created a provision that allowed airports to opt-out of the TSA and use private screeners instead. He is strongly encouraging airports to opt-out of the TSA now.

Well worth reading the whole article.

I'll pass on planes until this is fixed.

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