TSA screenings will end up a 'ripped from the headlines' episode of SVU

Some of these stories about "enhanced patdowns" are just unbelievable. It doesn't matter who seems to be in charge, Dem or GOP, our civil liberties in the name of safety are shrinking by the day as our government has licensed what amounts to sexual assault to go on in our nation's airports. Read this horror story -- a TSA agent apparently didn't see the need to inform one passenger about the way-too-intimate feel-up she was about to receive.
She patted my left arm, my right arm, my upper back and my lower back. She then said, "I need to reach in and feel along the inside of your waistband."
She felt along my waistline, moved behind me, then proceeded to feel both of my buttocks. She reached from behind in the middle of my buttocks towards my vagina area.
She did not tell me that she was going to touch my buttocks, or reach forward to my vagina area.
She then moved in front of my and touched the top and underneath portions of both of my breasts.
She did not tell me that she was going to touch my breasts.
She then felt around my waist. She then moved to the bottoms of my legs.
She then felt my inner thighs and my vagina area, touching both of my labia.
She did not tell me that she was going to touch my vagina area or my labia.
She then told me that I could put my shoes on and I asked if I could pick up the baby, she replied Yes.
You have to read the whole thing (and try to keep from getting even more enraged). Of course pilots and other members of the flight crew had been subject to the same indignities -- until Friday.
U.S. airline pilots learned today that they'll be exempt from the invasive x-ray screening and pat-downs that have sparked a revolt across the country.

...Pilots in uniform on airline business will be allowed to pass through airport security by showing two photo IDs. The identification will be cross-checked against a flight crew database.
The decision comes after pilots' unions had called on members to avoid going through the advanced x-ray screeners that produce full-body images, and they had also expressed concerns about enhanced pat-downs. A handful of pilots have said they were so traumatized by the searches that they couldn't perform their duties, though critics have accused them of making such claims to push a political agenda.
I have no problem with well-trained TSA agents who explain what techniques they are about to use, and give passengers any and all options/alternatives. After all, they aren't making the rules, just enforcing them. I happen to think these techniques are too invasive, but am I going to stop flying? Probably not. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't complain about the casual invasion of our privacy for what amounts to a security pantomime. I don't think it is going to make flying any safer, only more contentious for all involved.

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